Appointment Will Further Strengthen
the Burger King Corporation Executive Leadership Team
MIAMI, Sept. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Burger King Corporation today announced
that Anne Chwat has been appointed General Counsel, effective immediately.
Ms. Chwat has extensive domestic and international experience working with
global brands in the food and beverage and entertainment industries. She is
replacing Cliff Whitehill who is retiring from the company.
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"We are very fortunate to be adding a General Counsel of Anne's caliber to
our Executive Leadership Team," said Greg Brenneman, Chief Executive Officer,
Burger King Corporation. "Her experience as a general counsel of a
multinational company and exceptional knowledge of corporate law and today's
tough corporate governance issues will serve Burger King Corporation well."
Ms. Chwat was most recently Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer of BMG Music, the music division of media
company Bertelsmann AG. In that capacity, she was the head of BMG's Worldwide
Legal and Business Affairs department and oversaw all legal aspects of BMG
Music's precedent-setting merger with Sony Music, which created the second
largest music company in the world.
While at BMG Music, Ms. Chwat was responsible for worldwide legal
operations and policy, managing all legal aspects of the company's corporate
transactions, litigation, human resources matters, international transactions,
intellectual property matters and corporate secretarial functions. As Chief
Ethics and Compliance Officer for BMG Ms. Chwat developed, implemented and
oversaw BMG Music's compliance program.
Prior to BMG Music, Ms. Chwat served as Associate Corporate Counsel for
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Inc. as one of a three-person group that provided
legal services and counsel to the parent company and its foreign and U.S.
subsidiaries on corporate transactional and compliance matters. Ms. Chwat's
responsibilities included legal matters relating to joint ventures,
acquisitions and divestitures, financings, and production, distribution and
licensing arrangements.
Prior to Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Inc., Ms. Chwat held a variety of
other positions including being in private practice for seven years with
Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton of New York City.
Ms. Chwat holds a Juris Doctorate from New York University School of Law
and a Bachelor of Arts in Politics from New York University.
About Burger King Corporation
The BURGER KING(R) system operates more than 11,220 restaurants in all 50
states and in 61 countries and territories around the world. Ninety-one
percent of BURGER KING restaurants are owned and operated by independent
franchisees, many of them family-owned operations that have been in business
for decades.
Burger King Holdings, Inc., the parent company, is private and
independently owned by an equity sponsor group comprised of Texas Pacific
Group, Bain Capital and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners. In fiscal year ending
June 30, 2004, Burger King Corporation had system-wide sales of $11.1 billion.
To learn more about BURGER KING, please visit the company's website at
http://www.burgerking.com .
SOURCE Burger King Corporation
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