John Martin

John Martin is the current President of the Specialty Restaurant Group at Darden Restaurants. John has held this position since January of 2009. Prior to that, they were the President of The Capital Grille from January 1990 to December of 2008. John has been with Darden Restaurants since December of 2008.

John Martin attended Johnson & Wales University.

John Martin reports to Rick Cardenas, President & CEO. Some direct reports include Jason Mogg - SVP, Finance - Specialty Restaurant Group, Christine Wilson - SVP, HR - Specialty Restaurant Group, and John Wilkerson - President, Bahama Breeze. Some of their coworkers include Susan Connelly - SVP, Communications & Corporate Affairs, Doug Milanes - SVP, Chief Supply Chain Officer, and Matt Broad - SVP, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary.