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10 McDonald's executives and CFOs
These ten McDonald's executives include the chief executive, the McDonald's CFO, five other McDonald's finance chiefs and presidents who have led McDonald's USA and its international markets. A reader can learn how McDonald's leaders have handled finance, operations and technology decisions across the company's markets and business units.
Professionals to explore
01—10Caroline Perrier
LinkedInExperience: Vice-Présidente & Chief Financial Officer · McDonald's
Vice-Présidente & Chief Financial Officer at McDonald's since June 2025, a role her profile headline gives as Chief Financial Officer, McDonald's France. She was Finance Director McDonald's France (2022–2025), and her other listed roles include CFO Waters France at Danone (2020–2022) and FP&A and Business Controlling Director, Danone Dairy & Plant-Based Worldwide Division (Headquarter) at Danone (2017–2019).
Chris Kempczinski
LinkedInExperience: President and Chief Executive Officer · McDonald's
President and Chief Executive Officer of McDonald's since January 2019 and Chairman of the Board since May 2024. His other listed roles include President of McDonald's USA (2017–2019), Corporate Executive Vice President - Strategy, Business Development and Innovation at McDonald's (2015–2017) and Executive Vice President of Growth Initiatives and President, International at Kraft Heinz (2014–2015).
Cliff Thomas
LinkedInExperience: CFO, IOM BU · McDonald's
Chief Financial Officer, McDonald's UK & Ireland since January 2026 and former CFO, IOM BU at McDonald's (2024–2025). His other McDonald's roles include Finance Director, Global, New Business Ventures (2023–2024), Director, US Finance & Business Insights (2022–2023) and Finance Director UK&I (2020–2022).
David Lerma Moreno
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · McDonald's
Chief Financial Officer at McDonald's since February 2024; his profile headline reads Chief Financial Officer (CFO) & Strategy. His other McDonald's roles include Board West Field Service Director (2021–2024), National Manager McOpCo Business Unit (2020–2021), Business Unit Manager (Comunidad de Madrid & Castilla La Mancha) (2016–2020) and Finance McOpCo Manager (2009–2016).
Ian Borden
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer · McDonald's
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at McDonald's since September 2022; his profile says he leads the global finance organization. His other McDonald's roles include President, International (2020–2022), President, International Developmental Licensed Markets (2015–2019) and VP and Chief Financial Officer, Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa (2014–2015).
Manu Steijaert
LinkedInExperience: President, International Operated Markets · McDonald's
President, International Operated Markets at McDonald's since May 2025; his profile says he leads 16 wholly-owned international markets representing over 10,000 restaurants worldwide. His other McDonald's roles include Chief Customer Officer (2021–2025) and Vice President International Operated Markets (2019–2021).
Mustafa Husain
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Officer and SVP, McDonald's USA · McDonald's
Chief Information Officer and SVP, McDonald's USA since May 2026. His other McDonald's roles include Vice President Restaurant Technology Engineering (2023–2026) and Senior Director Product Engineering - Restaurant Technologies and Innovation (2020–2023), and he was Senior Manager of Product Management - Amazon Scout at Amazon (2019–2020).
Romain Girard
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President & CFO International Operated Markets · McDonald's
Senior Vice President & CFO International Operated Markets at McDonald's since June 2025. His other McDonald's roles include Vice President & Chief Financial Officer McDonald's France (2022–2025), Finance and Administration Director McDonald's France (2021–2022) and Business Insights Director McDonald's France (2014–2021).
Skye Anderson
LinkedInExperience: President, Global Business Services · McDonald's
President, McDonald's USA since August 2026 and Chief Operating Officer, McDonald's USA since April 2026; her profile says the COO role gives direct leadership for U.S. National Operations, U.S. Franchising, Restaurant Development and McOpCo, with oversight of U.S. Supply Chain and U.S. Technology. She was President, Global Business Services at McDonald's (2023–2026) and President West Zone, McDonald's USA (2020–2023).
Spero Droulias
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Global Business Services · McDonald's
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Global Business Services at McDonald's since March 2026, alongside his role as Senior Vice President, Enterprise Transformation since February 2023. His other McDonald's roles include Senior Vice President, Global Finance (2022–2023), Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of McDonald's USA (2017–2021) and Vice President & US Controller (2015–2017).
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's scope to your question, since a group CFO can speak to company-wide capital and reporting choices while a market or business-unit CFO can speak to how those plans were carried out locally. Ask each person which markets and years their answers cover, because practices can differ between the U.S. business and international markets.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does McDonald's set financial targets for a market, and how are those targets reviewed during the year?
- 02How are investment decisions split between the corporate team and the market or business-unit leaders?
- 03Which operating or financial metrics did your team rely on most, and what decisions did they drive?
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