• BURGER KING HLDGS INC Key Executives

  • Total Compensation: $ 4.15 M
    Mr. Chidsey has served as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board since April 2006. From September 2005 until April 2006, he served as our President and Chief Financial Officer and from June 2004 until September 2005, he was our President, North America. Mr. Chidsey joined us as Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative and Financial Officer in March 2004 and held that position until June 2004. From January 1996 to March 2003, Mr. Chidsey served in numerous positions at Cendant Corporation, including Chief Executive Officer of the Vehicle Services Division and the Financial Services Division. Mr. Chidsey is a director of HealthSouth Corporation and is also a member of the Board of Trustees of Davidson College. Mr. Swette's resignation as non-executive chairman, the board has appointed John Chidsey, the company"s chief executive officer (CEO), as chairman and CEO effective July 1, 2008.
    Total Compensation: $ 1.39 M
    Ben K. Wells has served as our Chief Financial Officer since April 2006. From May 2005 to April 2006, Mr. Wells served as our Senior Vice President, Treasurer. From June 2002 to May 2005, he was a Principal and Managing Director at BK Wells & Co., a corporate treasury advisory firm in Houston, Texas. From June 1987 to June 2002, he was at Compaq Computer Corporation, most recently as Vice President, Corporate Treasurer. Before joining Compaq, Mr. Wells held various finance and treasury responsibilities over a 10-year period at British Petroleum. On June 18, 2008 Ben Wells will assume the responsibilities of Principal Accounting Officer.
    Anne Chwat - General Counsel
    Total Compensation: $ 1.11 M
    Anne Chwat has served as our General Counsel and Secretary since September 2004. From September 2000 to September 2004, Ms. Chwat served in various positions at BMG Music (now SonyBMG Music Entertainment) including as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer.
    Brian Thomas Swette - Chairman of the Board/Director
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    Mr. Swette became Non-Executive Chairman of the Board in April 2006. Mr. Swette served as Chief Operating Officer of eBay from 1998 to 2002 and has been a private investor since 2002. Mr. Swette is a director of Jamba, Inc. (a chain of smoothie restaurants). Brian Swette, the company"s non-executive chairman, has also resigned his position as chairman effective June 30, 2008 and will continue to serve as a director on the company"s board.
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    Richard W. Boyce - Director
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    Mr. Boyce has been a Partner of TPG Capital since January 1999. Mr. Boyce is a director of ON Semiconductor and J. Crew Group, Inc.
    David A. Brandon - Director
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    Mr. Brandon is Chairman and CEO of Domino's Pizza, Inc. and has served in that role since March 1999. From 1989 to 1998, Mr. Brandon served as President and CEO of Valassis Communications, Inc. (a marketing services company) and was Chairman of Valassis from 1997 to 1998. Mr. Brandon is a director of Northwest Airlines Corp., The TJX Companies, Domino's Pizza, Inc. and Kaydon Corporation.
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    Mr. Formanek has been a private investor since May 1994. Mr. Formanek is a co-founder and retired President of AutoZone, Inc.
    Manuel A. Garcia - Director
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    Mr. Garcia has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Atlantic Coast Management, Inc., an operator of various restaurants in the Orlando, Florida area, since 1996. Mr. Garcia is Chairman of the Board of Culinary Concepts, Inc.
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    Sanjeev K. Mehra - Director
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    Mr. Mehra has been with Goldman, Sachs & Co. in New York City since 1986, and has been a Managing Director since 1996. Mr. Mehra is a director of the following private companies: Adam Aircraft Industries, Inc., Aramark Holdings Corporation, Nalco Company, SunGard Data Systems, Inc., ADESA, Inc. and Hawker Beechcraft, Inc.
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    Mr. Pagliuca has served as a Managing Director of Bain Capital Partners since 1989. Mr. Pagliuca is a director of Gartner, Inc. (an information technology research and advisory company) and Warner Chilcott Limited (an international pharmaceutical company).
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    Mr. Youngblood is a founding partner of Pharos Capital Group, L.L.C., a private equity firm and has served as managing partner since January 1998. Mr. Youngblood is Chairman of the Board of the American Beacon Funds and is a director of Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc. and Gap Inc.
    Russell B. Klein - Divisional President
    Total Compensation: $ 1.92 M
    Russell B. Klein has served as our President, Global Marketing, Strategy and Innovation since June 2006. Previously, he served as Chief Marketing Officer from June 2003 to June 2006. From August 2002 to May 2003, Mr. Klein served as Chief Marketing Officer at 7-Eleven Inc. From January 1999 to July 2002, Mr. Klein served as a Principal at Whisper Capital.
    Total Compensation: $ 2.12 M
    Peter Tan - —
    Total Compensation: $ 1.48 M
    Charles M. Fallon, Jr. - Geographical President
    Total Compensation: $ 1.82 M
    Charles M. Fallon, Jr. has served as our President, North America since June 2006. From November 2002 to June 2006, Mr. Fallon served as Executive Vice President of Revenue Generation for Cendant Car Rental Group, Inc. Mr. Fallon served in various positions with Cendant Corporation including Executive Vice President of Sales for Avis Rent-A-Car from August 2001 to October 2002.
    Ronald M. Dykes - Director
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    Mr. Dykes has been a director since April 2007. Mr. Dykes most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of BellSouth Corporation, a position he retired from in 2005. Prior to his retirement, Mr. Dykes worked for BellSouth Corporation and its predecessor entities in various capacities for over 34 years. Mr. Dykes is a director of American Tower Corporation (an operator of wireless communication towers), and from October 2000 through December 31, 2005, also served as a director of Cingular Wireless, most recently as Chairman of the Board.
    Julio A. Ramirez - Executive VP, Divisional
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    Julio Ramirez has served as our Executive Vice President, Global Operations since September 2007. Mr. Ramirez has worked for Burger King Corporation for over 20 years. From January 2002 to September 2007, Mr. Ramirez served as our President, Latin America. During his tenure, Mr. Ramirez has held several positions, including Senior Vice President of U.S. Franchise Operations and Development from February 2000 to December 2001 and President, Latin America from 1977 until 2000.
    Peter C. Smith - Other Executive Officer
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    Peter C. Smith has served as our Chief Human Resources Officer since December 2003. From September 1998 to November 2003, Mr. Smith served as Senior Vice President of Human Resources at AutoNation.
    Steve C. DeSutter - Geographical President
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    Steve C. DeSutter has served as our President, EMEA since November 2005. Previously Mr. DeSutter had served as our President, EMEA and Asia Pacific from December 2004 to November 2005. From August 2004 to November 2004, Mr. DeSutter served as our Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications. Prior to joining us, Mr. DeSutter served as Senior Vice President of TurnWorks, Inc. from July 2001 to June 2002. From June 2002 to October 2002, Mr. DeSutter joined the senior team at PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting as Senior Vice President, Corporate Communication and then returned to TurnWorks, Inc. as Senior Vice President until July 2004.
    David Gagnon - Divisional Senior VP/Assistant Secretary
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    Dave Gagnon has served as Senior Vice President, Company Operations since April 2005. Since June 2004, Mr. Gagnon has also served as President of BK Magic Holdings, LLC, a joint venture between us and an independent third party that operates approximately 30 of our franchise restaurants in the United States. From November 2004 to April 2005, Mr. Gagnon served as our Senior Vice President of North American Company Operations. From May 2003 to November 2004, Mr. Gagnon served as Senior Vice President, U.S. Company Operations. Prior to joining us, Mr. Gagnon had been at Taco Bell since 1984. From December 1999 to January 2002, Mr. Gagnon served as National Vice President, U.S. Company Operations and from January 2002 to May 2003 Mr. Gagnon served as Head Coach/ East.
    Denny Marie Post - Other Executive Officer
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    Denny Marie Post has served as our Chief Concept Officer since April 2004. From 1995 to March 2004, Ms. Post served in various positions for Yum! Brands, Inc. including Chief Innovation Officer at KFC, Chief Marketing Officer for KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut in Canada and VP Concept Innovation for KFC.
    Clyde Rucker - Divisional Senior VP
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    Clyde Rucker has served as our Senior Vice President, Global Communications & External Affairs since June 2005. He had previously served as Senior Vice President, Chief Support Officer since December 2004 and Senior Vice President, Diversity Capability and Business Development and Chief of Staff since March 2004. From September 2003 to March 2004, Mr. Rucker served as Senior Vice President, Diversity Capability and Business Development. Prior to that, Mr. Rucker was our Vice President, U.S. Franchise Operations, Mountain and Southwest region since January 2000.
    Amy E. Wagner - Divisional Senior VP
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    Amy E. Wagner has served as our Senior Vice President, Investor Relations and Global Communications since June 2007. Previously she served as Senior Vice President, Investor Relations from April 2006 to June 2007. From February 1990 to April 2006, Ms. Wagner served in various corporate finance positions at Ryder System, Inc., including as Vice President, Risk Management and Insurance Operations from January 2003 to April 2006 and Group Director, Investor Relations from June 2001 to January 2003.