Dunkin, Arby’s Parent Inspire Brands Reshuffles Executives Amid Push for Growth

Inspire Brands LLC, the parent company of well-known restaurant brands such as Dunkin' and Arby's announced an organizational revamp. This means the company is undergoing a leadership reshuffle as the company aims for growth.

In connection with the big change in its organizational structure, Inspire Brands named some new leaders who will handle specific work in the company. As per Restaurant Business, the American holding company and the owner of Dunkin' Donuts, Baskin-Robbins, Mister Donut, Arby's Sonic Drive-In, Buffalo Wild Wings, and Jimmy John's restaurant chains are realigning its corporate structure, mainly in three business areas.

New Appointments in the Leadership Shake Up

As Inspire Brands works towards the growth of its restaurant brands, it is expanding its responsibilities, and executives are being appointed to manage them. The firm is pairing up its top leaders with management units that suit them best.

in this process, the company promoted Dunkin' head, Scott Murphy, to become the new chief brand officer while Dan Lynn has been appointed chief commercial and restaurant officer. Inspire Brands said that Christian Charnaux will remain in the company in his current chief growth officer role.

Expanded Duties of Newly-Promoted Executives

Murphy is expected to supervise all of the firm's 2,200 restaurant brands in the United States. The president of each restaurant is expected to report directly to his office. Moreover, these key executives were promoted so the company could redirect its focus to three core business areas.

As for Lynn, his responsibilities now include overseeing product management, data and analytics, digital retail, and marketing. Charnaux will be in charge of strategies to speed up the company-owned brands' growth in the U.S. as well as globally.

"This revised organizational structure positions us for accelerated growth and will further enhance the advantages of our tightly integrated shared services platform," Inspire Brands' co-founder and chief executive officer, Paul Brown, said in a press release. "Ultimately, we believe Inspire's combination of strong, differentiated brands and its highly innovative business model will continue to drive enhanced value for our franchisees and other stakeholders."

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