Executive’s Retirement Coincides with Organizational Changes at McDonald’s

McDonald’s President, International Lead Markets & Chief Restaurant Officer Doug Goare will retire after 40 years of service at the end of the year.

In anticipation of Goare’s retirement and with the evolution of the company’s business model over the past few years to a more heavily franchised structure, the Board of Directors approved several organizational changes to McDonald’s global business.  

Beginning January 1, 2019, McDonald’s will operate under a new organizational structure:

• U.S. – will continue to operate under the leadership of Chris Kempczinski President, McDonald’s USA.
• International Operated Markets (IOM) – comprised of wholly-owned markets, or countries in which the Company operates restaurants, including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Russia, Spain and the U.K. Joe Erlinger will lead this segment as President, International Operated Markets, and will continue to report to CEO Steve Easterbrook/
• International Developmental Licensed Markets (IDL) – the remaining markets in the McDonald’s system will be led by Ian Borden as President, International Developmental Licensed Markets. Borden will continue to report to Easterbrook. Corporate activities will also be reported within this segment.

“The organization we created as we were beginning our turnaround in 2015 helped us make decisions more quickly, act with greater agility and strengthen the performance of our markets,” said Easterbrook. “This new organizational structure provides us the opportunity to continue building on our progress, making sure McDonald’s remains positioned to run great restaurants and better serve our customers.”