David Gibbs
Chief Executive Officer at Yum! Brands
- Role
- Chief Executive Officer at Yum! Brands
- Location
- Roanoke, TX, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About David Gibbs
David Gibbs is Chief Executive Officer of Yum! Brands, responsible for leading the Company’s overarching strategies, structure, people development and culture that will drive global growth and sales and profitability at all Yum! franchise businesses worldwide. Yum! functional leaders and global brand division CEOs report to him. A 30-year veteran of Yum! Brands, David previously served as Yum! Brands’ President and Chief Operating Officer, where he had global operating leadership of the KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell divisions, with the respective leaders reporting to him. Prior to this, he was President and Chief Financial Officer from 2016 to 2019 and was the chief architect of Yum! Brands’ financial, refranchising and restaurant development strategy to transform the company into a capital-light, pure-play franchisor. He also played a lead role in the 2016 spinoff of Yum China Holdings, Inc. As a leader, David advocates a growth mindset and a culture where people embrace challenges, are avid learners and welcome change, collaboration and innovation.
Experience
Chief Executive Officer
Jan 2020 — Present · Plano, TX, US
Education
Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business
MBA
1986 — 1988
The Johns Hopkins University
Bachelor of Science (BS)
1981 — 1985
Skills
- P&L
- Forecasting
- Budgets
- Leadership
- Supply Chain
- Real Estate
- Supply Chain Management
- Finance
- Franchising
- Construction
- Strategic Planning
- Analysis
- Financial Modeling
- Business Strategy
- Financial Reporting
- Strategic Financial Planning
- Financial Analysis
- Corporate Finance
- P&L Management
- Management
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