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10 KFC finance leaders
These ten current and former KFC finance leaders have held director-level or more senior finance roles at KFC brand organizations and Yum! Brands in the United States, Europe, the United Kingdom, Asia and the South Pacific. A reader can learn how finance leaders work at KFC from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10Alex Muhlberg
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · KFC Europe
Chief Financial Officer at KFC Europe since August 2026, in Switzerland. Alex Muhlberg was also Global Strategy Director at KFC (2024–2026), and Business Integration Director (2024), Head of Transition & Business Integration (2023–2024) and Head of Operations Excellence (2023) at KFC UK & Ireland.
Benjamin Konareff
LinkedInExperience: Finance Director - KFC Western & Eastern Europe · Yum! Brands
Finance Director - KFC Western & Eastern Europe at Yum! Brands since June 2025, in Lausanne. Benjamin Konareff was also Head of FP&A - KFC Western & Eastern Europe (2024–2025) and Head of FP&A - KFC Western Europe (2022–2025) at Yum! Brands, and FP&A Director - Wholesale EMEA and Omnichannel Fr&Benelux at Ralph Lauren (2019–2021).
Christian Carter
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director - Commercial Finance · KFC UK & Ireland
Senior Director - Commercial Finance at KFC UK & Ireland since October 2025. Other KFC UK & Ireland roles include Commercial Finance Director (2024–2025), Head of Commercial Finance (2022–2024), Ops Transformation Leader (2019–2022) and Special Projects and Process Manager (Supply Chain) (2018–2019).
James Whitehorn
LinkedInExperience: Chief Finance and Development Officer · KFC UK & Ireland
Chief Finance and Development Officer at KFC UK & Ireland since March 2025. Other KFC UK & Ireland roles include Chief Development Officer (2022–2025), Commercial Director (2020–2022), Head Of Commercial (2018–2020) and Head of Restaurant Innovation & New Channel Operations (Home Delivery) (2018).
Lynne Broad
LinkedInExperience: Former Chief Financial & Information Officer · KFC South Pacific (Yum! Brands Subsidiary)
Former Chief Financial & Information Officer at KFC South Pacific (Yum! Brands Subsidiary) (2017–2021). Lynne Broad was also Division Chief Financial Officer, Pizza Hut US at Yum! Brands (2021–2024), and has been Vice President - Corporate Finance at Yum! Brands since November 2024.
Matthew Laukhuf
LinkedInExperience: Americas Financial Controller (KFC TB LA&C & Canada and KFC US) · Yum! Brands
Americas Financial Controller (KFC TB LA&C & Canada and KFC US) at Yum! Brands since September 2026, in Louisville, Kentucky. Matthew Laukhuf was also Financial Controller Latin America and Caribbean (2024–2026), Sr Manager Equity and Franchise Revenue (2019–2024) and PH Europe Financial Controller (2014–2017) at Yum! Brands.
Peter Gray
LinkedInExperience: Director of Financial Planning and Analysis · KFC US
Director of Financial Planning and Analysis at KFC US since October 2025, where the profile describes planning, forecasting and budgeting for KFC US and accountability for Brand Profit. Peter Gray was also Sr. Finance Manager - Brand Analytics at KFC US (2022–2026) and Commercial Manager - eCommerce at Yum! Brands (2021–2022).
Steven Xiaohui Liu
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Financial Planning · KFC
Senior Director of Financial Planning at KFC since May 2025, where the profile describes FP&A support to the KFC Global team. Steven Xiaohui Liu was also Chief Financial Officer at KFC Greater Asia (2022–2025), and Asia Finance Director (2016–2022) and Head of Financial Planning (2013–2015) at Yum! Restaurants International.
Tiffany Furman
LinkedInExperience: CFO & CDO · KFC US
CFO & CDO at KFC US since July 2025, in Newport Beach, California. The profile also lists Chief Financial Officer at Habit Burger & Grill (2022–2025), and Sr Director Franchising & Development (2021–2022), Director, Franchise Finance (2017–2021) and Sr. Manager Business Planning (2014–2017) at Taco Bell.
Trip Vornholt
LinkedInExperience: Former Chief Financial Officer, KFC U.S. · Yum! Brands
Former Chief Financial Officer, KFC U.S. at Yum! Brands (1997–2022), a role the profile places in Louisville, Kentucky. The profile lists no other work history, and its headline describes Trip Vornholt as a chief financial officer and advisor formerly with Yum and KFC.
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you build an annual plan and forecast for a restaurant brand that mixes company-owned and franchise units?
- 02What does commercial finance contribute to pricing and menu decisions at a quick service restaurant brand?
- 03How do you track brand profit across several countries with different cost structures?
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