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As Chairman and CEO of Chipotle Mexican Grill, Brian Niccol is responsible for driving the overall brand strategy and performance of over 2,700 restaurants in North America and Europe. He is passionate about Chipotle's purpose of Cultivating a Better World and bringing a truly unique dining experience to consumers. Niccol takes pride in leading a purpose-driven brand offering extraordinary ingredients that are not only fresh, but that are raised responsibly, with respect for the animals, land, and people who produce them.

Tony serves as Chief Executive Officer of KFC Global. In this role, he leads a $26B business that includes over 23,000 restaurants in over 140 countries. Reporting to Tony are the regional general managers (GMs) of the KFC Division and the president of KFC US. A long-time veteran of Yum!, Tony joined the company in 1994 as Planning Director for the Finance Division in Australia before transitioning into operations-first as State Manager for KFC (NSW region), and then as General Manager Operations for Pizza Hut (South Pacific), before returning to KFC as GM Operations (South Pacific). He also worked internationally for a number of years with Yum!, including his role as General Manager of the South American, Central American and Caribbean business unit, where Tony had responsibility for the KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell units across this region. In 2010, Tony was appointed as Chief Operations Officer for the Yum! Restaurants International division, based in Dallas. He then moved back to Australia and, for five years, ran the Australia and New Zealand KFC business as Managing Director until mid-2016. During this time, KFC Australia won a number of prestigious awards including the Large Retailer of the Year and NRA Supreme Award (National Retail Association). In 2014, Tony was honored with the highly esteemed CEO of the Year Award by the Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI). In early 2018, Tony was named KFC Global President and Chief Operating Officer, before quickly ascending to Chief Executive Officer in January 2019.

Downing Barber is a Founder & CEO at Barberitos.

Guidara was previously with Au Bon Pain for five years. Guidara led an extraordinary turnaround of the Au Bon Pain business through a chain-wide remodel program, expanded menu offerings and upgrades to the food and operational systems. The ''new Au Bon Pain'' harkens back to the concept's French roots with an urban marketplace format, abundant displays of food, and sophisticated stylish décor. Guidara joined Au Bon Pain from the Wolfgang Puck Food Company, a national, multi-concept food service organization, where he served as President and CEO from 1996. In that role, he was responsible for overseeing the operations of both the restaurant and packaged food divisions of the company. Guidara successfully doubled the size of the chef-driven company during his tenure. In his ten years as President of the Restaurant Division of Restaurant Associates in New York, the post he held prior to joining the Wolfgang Puck Food Company, Guidara developed and managed a host of fine dining and foodservice concepts including Savories, The Sea Grill, Tropica and Café Centro. In addition, Guidara oversaw dining services for such prestigious venues as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center's Metropolitan Opera House and the United Nations, and for corporate clients that included Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. Frank Guidara received a BS in Restaurant and Hotel Management in 1968 from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Guidara serves as an advisor on the UMass HTM Board (Hospitality and Tourism Management), a trustee for the Boston Children's Museum, a director for the National Restaurant Association, a director for the Massachusetts Restaurant Association and a member of the Nutrition Roundtable for the Harvard School of Public Health.

Ian Baines is a Chief Executive Officer at BURGERFI INTERNATIONAL INC.. He has worked as Senior VP:Strategic Innovation at BRINKER, President/COO at Jack Astors Bar & Grill, and President/CEO at Acfp Management Inc. Ian studied at Westminster College.