Yum! Brands Inc. (Louisville) has reorganized its Yum! Restaurants Intl. division (YRI) and named Micky Pant ceo of YRI. Pant, who replaces retiring ceo Graham Allan, most recently served as president of YRI and Global Branding.
At the same time, Yum! announced it will separate its India business from YRI, creating a standalone reporting division called Yum! Restaurants India. Niren Chaudhary was promoted to president of this division.
“We have separated our India business from YRI to create a standalone reporting division to underscore the potential scale of this exciting emerging market for Yum! Brands,” says David Novak, chairman and ceo of Yum! Brands, Inc.
“These changes to our YRI organizational structure will make us an even stronger company. We are still clearly on the ground floor of global growth, and I am confident we are putting our best leaders in place to deliver superior results,” Novak adds.
Yum! Brands operates more than 38,000 restaurants in more than 110 countries and territories under the brands KFC, Pizza Hut, Long John Silver’s and Taco Bell.