Greg Creed was Chief Executive Officer of Yum! Brands from January 2015 to December 2019 and served as a Director of the Board from November 2014 to May 2020. Mr. Creed retired after a successful 25-year career with the Company. He has more than 40 years of extensive global experience in marketing and operations with leading packaged goods and restaurant brands.

Previously, Mr. Creed was head of Taco Bell, the nation’s leading Mexican-style quick service restaurant chain. He was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Taco Bell in early 2011 after serving as President and Chief Concept Officer and was responsible for driving overall brand strategy and performance of the business in the U.S. and internationally. He has held various roles with the Company including Chief Marketing Officer at Taco Bell where he spearheaded the “Think Outside the Bun” campaign and new product introductions that generated strong sales and profit growth for five consecutive years, as well as Chief Operating Officer for Yum! Brands.

Creed earned a business degree from Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, Australia, was named the 2014 QUT Alumnus of the Year, was awarded an honorary doctorate in 2019. He serves on the Board of Directors for Whirlpool Corporation, where he is the presiding director, chair of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, and a member of the Human Resources Committee. He is also a board member at Aramark Corporation, where he chairs the Finance Committee, and at Delta Air Lines. In addition, he currently serves as an advisor to the CEO and Board of Directors of Thanx Inc.

Since retiring as the CEO of Yum! Brands at the end of 2019, he started a small unconsulting company 
called Creed UnCo focused on helping companies with brand building, franchising, culture and 
leadership.