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Restaurant Brands International Inc
Symbol QSR
Shares Issued 315,705,317
Close 2024-03-13 C$ 111.50
Market Cap C$ 35,201,142,846
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Restaurant Brands International appoints Siddiqui CFO

2024-03-14 09:07 ET - News Release

Also News Release (C-QSP) Restaurant Brands International Limited Partnership

Mr. Josh Kobza reports

RESTAURANT BRANDS INTERNATIONAL ANNOUNCES LEADERSHIP CHANGES TO SUPPORT LONG-TERM GROWTH

Restaurant Brands International Inc. has made leadership team changes to support the company's long-term growth outlook of reaching a minimum of 40,000 restaurants, $60-billion in system-wide sales and $3.2-billion in adjusted operating income by 2028.

Sami Siddiqui has been appointed chief financial officer, succeeding Matt Dunnigan, who is leaving the company. Jeff Klein has been appointed as president of Popeyes United States and Canada, succeeding Mr. Siddiqui, who has led the brand for nearly four years. Thiago Santelmo has been appointed president of international. Mr. Santelmo succeeds David Shear, who will remain with the company for a year as an adviser and assist in the transition. Today's leadership changes are effective immediately and a new president of EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) and chief marketing officer (CMO) for Popeyes will be named at a later date.

"Sami, Thiago and Jeff are proven, valuable leaders in the company and I'm looking forward to working with them as we deliver on our next phase of growth," said Josh Kobza, chief executive officer. "Sami has deep finance and operational experience which makes him a great partner to our presidents as we deliver on our growth plans across the company. Thiago has spent his career building master franchisee relationships and working closely with them to develop new markets. This will serve him well as we accelerate net restaurant growth internationally in the coming years. Jeff has two decades of marketing and consumer insight experience with large, well-known brands, and will bring this guest-centred approach to making Popeyes easy to love across the U.S. and Canada," continued Mr. Kobza.

Mr. Siddiqui has been at Restaurant Brands for 11 years, including eight years as brand president for Popeyes in Miami, all of our brands in the Asia Pacific region and Tim Hortons in Toronto. Under his leadership, Popeyes has achieved record levels of sales, restaurant growth and profitability, recently solidifying the brand as the No. 2 chicken player in the U.S. Mr. Siddiqui initially joined the Ccompany as head of finance and investor relations before becoming brand CFO for Tim Hortons and later Burger King. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Siddiqui worked at Blackstone and has an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Mr. Santelmo joined the company 11 years ago, focusing on growth in Latin America as general manager and then subsequently president for the region. Mr. Santelmo has also been a leader of the company's growth in the EMEA region, focusing on new country entries, developing new master franchisee partnerships and has served as president of the region for the last two years. Mr. Santelmo has an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Mr. Klein joined the Popeyes leadership team two years ago as chief marketing officer and brings 25 years experience in marketing and consumer insights. Mr. Klein previously was CMO for Little Caesars Pizza and spent 15 years at PepsiCo in senior marketing positions, including senior vice-president and CMO for PepsiCo Foodservice. Mr. Klein is known for driving product innovation and integrating brand marketing campaigns with strong operational execution.

"I want to thank David and Matt for their years of service in building our company and growing our restaurant brands. David established a strong network of global franchisees and dedicated franchise support infrastructure which has contributed to the exciting growth of our international business over the past decade. He has been a great partner and will be a valued strategic adviser to Thiago. Matt secured a strong capital structure and developed a balanced capital allocation framework that now supports the investments you have been seeing us make in our brands. As a result of David and Matt's leadership over the years, we are very well set up for our next period of growth," concluded Mr. Kobza.

About Restaurant Brands International Inc.

Restaurant Brands International is one of the world's largest quick-service restaurant companies with over $40-billion in annual system-wide sales and over 30,000 restaurants in more than 120 countries and territories. It owns four of the world's most prominent and iconic quick-service restaurant brands -- Tim Hortons, Burger King, Popeyes and Firehouse Subs. These independently operated brands have been serving their respective guests, franchisees and communities for decades. Through its Restaurant Brands for Good framework, Restaurant Brands is improving sustainable outcomes related to its food, the planet, and people and communities.

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