Denny Post joins Burger King Corporation as Chief Concept Officer
Post's appointment demonstrates Burger King Corporation's commitment to the development and marketing of high-quality, innovative and differentiated products.
April 6, 2004
MIAMI, April 7 /PRNewswire/-- Burger King Corporation today announced that Denny Post has joined the Company as Chief Concept Officer. In her new role, Ms. Post oversees all product marketing and product development efforts. She reports directly to Burger King Corporation's Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer Russ Klein. As Chief Concept Officer, Ms. Post is responsible for building the BURGER KING® brand and creating value for all BURGER KING stakeholders through the ideation, development and marketing of new, innovative and relevant products that support the Company's strategic initiatives. Ms. Post and her team, which includes Carlos Ribas, senior director product marketing, and Peter Gibbons, senior director, product development, will enhance current menu items as well as optimize the product pipeline from research and development to execution in BURGER KING restaurants. "Denny is a 'team first' leader with a sterling reputation for motivating and inspiring people," said Klein. "She is a strong marketing executive with the necessary experience, creative leadership, energy and commitment to further strengthen our brand and elevate it to new heights by satisfying the consumer demand for products that stand apart from current industry offerings. We are delighted to have her on the BURGER KING team." Ms. Post brings 25 years of marketing experience to Burger King Corporation and is very adept in working with a franchise system. Her career in the QSR industry began with a progression of increasingly important positions at KFC. Most recently, she served as KFC's Chief Food Innovation Officer, in which she was accountable for the new product pipeline, kids meals, multi-branding, home delivery and new concept marketing. In 2000, she was promoted to Chief Marketing Officer for Tricon Global Restaurants and priszm brandz (JV), where she built the team responsible for marketing the KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell Canada brands. During her tenure, Ms. Post fostered solid relationships with franchisees and considered it very important to positively build and maintain those relationships. Following her successful tenure in Canada, Ms. Post returned to KFC in the USA in 2002 as Chief Food Innovation Officer for KFC USA.Prior to her past eight years in the QSR industry, Ms. Post has led a variety of marketing initiatives and new product development, both in consulting and on the advertising agency side of the business. Ms. Post holds a Bachelor's degree in Journalism/Social Sciences. She is married and has a ten-year-old son.About Burger King CorporationWe Take Pride in Serving Our Guests the Best Burgers and a Variety of Other Great-Tasting, Healthy Foods Cooked Over an Open Fire. That's What We're All About. The BURGER KING® system operates more than 11,285 restaurants in all 50 states and in 58 countries and territories around the world. Ninety-one percent of BURGER KING restaurants are owned and operated by independent franchisees, many of them family-owned operations that have been in business for decades. Burger King Holdings, Inc., the parent company, is private and independently owned by an equity sponsor group comprised of Texas Pacific Group, Bain Capital and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners. In fiscal year ending June 30, 2003, Burger King Corporation had system-wide sales of $11.1 billion. To learn more about BURGER KING, please visit the company's website at http://www.burgerking.com. 
