CKE Restaurants: Promotes EVP of Domestic Development

Carpinteria / CA. (cke) CKE Restaurants Holdings Inc., parent company of «Carl’s Jr.» and «Hardee’s», announced the promotion of Jim Sullivan to Executive Vice President, Domestic Development. In his new role, Sullivan will spearhead domestic and real estate development activities and focus on the company’s agenda for continual growth.

Sullivan first joined CKE in 2012 as Senior Vice President of Domestic Franchise Development. In this role, he was responsible for restaurant and franchise development, including managing franchise sales and growth of the domestic franchise system. Through his leadership, CKE’s franchise community experienced substantial and sustained growth, including generating the highest net increase in U.S. locations among all traditional freestanding hamburger drive thru restaurants during 2015. In addition, he has been instrumental in successfully completing the company’s refranchising program.

«With his nearly 20 years of franchise development experience, Jim has been a tremendous asset to our executive management team and I am honoured to promote him to Executive Vice President of domestic development», said CKE Restaurants Holdings Inc. CEO, Andrew F. Puzder. «I am confident that Jim will help us successfully amplify our domestic footprint through his superb leadership and seamless execution».

Prior to joining CKE, Sullivan served as Senior Vice President and Chief Development Officer for Friendly’s Ice Cream LLC where he was responsible for the company’s development, real estate and franchising activities.