10 KFC executives
KFC Global Chief Executive Officer, President, CFO & CDO, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Growth Officer are among the current titles held by these KFC executives. A reader can learn how executives lead KFC from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Cagla Bozkurt
LinkedInExperience: Chief Growth Officer · KFC
Cagla Bozkurt has been Chief Growth Officer at KFC since May 2024, based in Dubai, and the profile headline names KFC MENAPAKT & CIS. Cagla Bozkurt was Chief Financial Officer, Menapakt & CIS at KFC from October 2021 to May 2024 and Senior Strategy and FP&A Manager at KFC from February 2021 to October 2021.
Catherine Tan-Gillespie
LinkedInExperience: President · KFC US
Catherine Tan-Gillespie has been President at KFC US since April 2025, based in Dallas. Catherine Tan-Gillespie was Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Development Officer at KFC US from August 2024 to April 2025, President and General Manager, KFC Canada, Yum! Brands from January 2022 to August 2024 and Global Chief Marketing Officer, KFC at Yum! Brands from October 2017 to January 2022.
Dyke Shipp
LinkedInExperience: Former Global President · KFC
Dyke Shipp is a former Global President at KFC, a role held from January 2022 to April 2025, based in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Dyke Shipp has been a Senior Advisor at Bain & Company since May 2025 and a Board Member at Arete Health, Inc since November 2024.
James Whitehorn
LinkedInExperience: Chief Finance and Development Officer · KFC UK & Ireland
James Whitehorn has been Chief Finance and Development Officer at KFC UK & Ireland since March 2025. James Whitehorn was Chief Development Officer at KFC UK & Ireland from March 2022 to March 2025, Commercial Director there from February 2020 to March 2022 and Head Of Commercial there from August 2018 to February 2020.
Luke Jackson
LinkedInExperience: Chief Operating Officer · KFC US
Luke Jackson has been Chief Operating Officer at KFC US since August 2026, based in Plano, Texas. Luke Jackson was Global Director of Operations at KFC from February 2025 to July 2026, Director of Operations Compliance at KFC from January 2024 to February 2025 and Head of Franchise Operations at KFC UK & Ireland from September 2022 to December 2023.
Ryan Koon
LinkedInExperience: President and General Manager KFC Canada · Yum! Brands
Ryan Koon has been President and General Manager KFC Canada at Yum! Brands since August 2024, based in Toronto. Ryan Koon was CFO/CDO KFC SOPAC at KFC from January 2022 to September 2024 and Chief Financial Officer, KFC LA&C at Yum! Brands from March 2015 to March 2022.
Sabir Sami
LinkedInExperience: KFC Global Chief Executive Officer · Yum! Brands
Sabir Sami has been KFC Global Chief Executive Officer at Yum! Brands since January 2022, a role the profile tags at the executive level. The profile also lists Global Division CEO at KFC from January 2021 and Global COO Managing Director at KFC from January 2020, both with no end date.
Tiffany Furman
LinkedInExperience: CFO & CDO · KFC US
Tiffany Furman has been CFO & CDO at KFC US since July 2025, based in Newport Beach, California. Tiffany Furman was Chief Financial Officer at Habit Burger & Grill from October 2022 to July 2025 and Sr Director Franchising & Development at Taco Bell from February 2021 to October 2022.
Toby Camilleri
LinkedInExperience: Chief Operating Officer · KFC
Toby Camilleri has been Chief Operating Officer at KFC since November 2023, based in Sydney. Toby Camilleri was Chief Operating Officer KFC Canada at KFC Canada (Yum! Brands Subsidiary) from May 2020 to October 2023 and Director Of Operations KFC Global at KFC from June 2017 to May 2020.
Xiang Wang
LinkedInExperience: Chief Operations Officer · KFC
Xiang Wang has been Chief Operations Officer at KFC since April 2024, based in Dubai, and the profile headline reads Chief Operations and Technology Officer at KFC MenaPakT and CIS. Xiang Wang was Chief Development Officer at KFC from April 2022 to April 2024 and Associate Partner at Bain & Company from August 2020 to April 2022.
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