Yum: Eaton to take Hearl's COO, development duties

Nation's Restaurant News,  Jan 7, 2008  

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LOUISVILLE, KY. -- Yum! Brands Inc. has appointed 12-year company veteran Roger Eaton to be its chief operating and development officer.

Eaton, 47, will replace Peter Hearl, 55, who is retiring from the company at the end of March after a 17-year career with the parent of Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and KFC. Hearl assumed his current position 13 months ago.

Eaton, who has been senior vice president and managing director of Yum! Restaurants International South Pacific since 2000, during which time it posted 27 consecutive quarters of same-store sales growth and exceeded its targets for openings, Yum said. He also has served since 2006 on the company's Partner's Council, an in-house think tank.

He will report to David Novak, Yum's chairman and chief executive.

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