David W. Gibbs

Former Chief Executive Officer, Yum! Brands, Inc.

David W. Gibbs served as the Chief Executive Officer of Yum! Brands, Inc., a leading operator of quick service restaurants, from 2020 to September 2025 and as a director of Yum! Brands from 2019 to September 2025. Prior to that, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Yum! Brands from August 2019 to December 2019, as its President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer from January 2019 to August 2019 and President and Chief Financial Officer from 2016 to 2018. Before these positions, he served as the Chief Executive Officer for Yum! Brands’ Pizza Hut Division from 2015 to 2016 and President of Pizza Hut U.S. in 2014. He also held a variety of senior roles at Yum! Brands earlier in his career, including as President and Chief Financial Officer of Yum! Restaurants International, Inc. from 2012 to 2013. Mr. Gibbs currently serves on the board of directors of Under Armour, Inc.