Elias Diaz Sese

Elias was appointed to the Board in October 2019 and has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer on an interim basis from 10 October 2022.

Elias has over 20 years’ experience of leading developing global consumer foods brands and teams all over the world (Europe, Middle East, Asia Pacific and North America). He most recently led the Kraft Heinz turnaround in UK, Ireland & Nordics as President for Northern Europe. Prior to that he spent 15 years with Restaurant Brands International in various roles, which included CEO of Tim Hortons, President Asia Pacific for Burger King and SVP Franchise & Emerging Markets Europe, Middle East & Africa also for Burger King.

Elias is a co-founder of Popeyes in the UK as well as an Investor and Director in Restaurant Brands Iberia (Burger King, Popeyes and Tim Hortons in Spain and Portugal).