Yum! Brands appoints Joe Park as Chief Digital & Technology Officer

As CDTO, Park will join the Yum! Brands Global Leadership Team and oversee the Company’s global technology strategy, partnering with the KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and the Habit Burger Grill divisions

Yum! Brands announced the promotion of Joe Park to Chief Digital and Technology Officer, reporting to Chris Turner, Yum! Brands Chief Financial Officer, effective March 1, 2024. Park, who most recently served as Chief Digital & Technology Officer for Pizza Hut Global, succeeds Clay Johnson, who will continue with Yum! Brands as a Senior Advisor. As CDTO, Park will join the Yum! Brands Global Leadership Team and oversee the Company’s global technology strategy, partnering with the KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and the Habit Burger Grill divisions to ensure the Company provides a best-in-class digital experience for customers and restaurant team members and strong economics for franchisees.

Yum!’s strategy is to own differentiated technology platforms tailored for each brand and market that enable Easy Experiences for customers, Easy Operations for restaurant teams and Easy Insights to drive outsized growth. In 2022, Yum! Brands reached a new high of $24 billion in digital sales – doubling its digital business since 2019 – demonstrating the power of its digital ecosystem and the capabilities of its brands to meet changing consumer needs around the world. Yum! Brands’ digital sales continue on a trajectory toward the next milestone of achieving $30 billion in annual digital sales.