Paul Muphy III

Paul has served as a special advisor to the President and Chief Executive Officer, G.J. Hart, since September 2022. He previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer and a Director since October 2019. Mr. Murphy is a highly accomplished restaurant executive with more than 20 years of experience in operational and executive leadership in the restaurant industry, including leading companies through successful business transformations. Prior to joining Red Robin, he served as Executive Chairman of Noodles & Company from 2017 to 2019, where he was responsible for 459 restaurants across 29 states. In this role, he led a business turnaround that delivered four consecutive quarters of positive comparable restaurant sales growth on revenues of $457 million. From 2009 to 2017, he served as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of Del Taco Restaurants, Inc., and as President from 2009 to 2016, where he was responsible for the financial and operational performance of 543 company-operated and franchised restaurants with revenues of $470 million. During his tenure, he led a successful brand repositioning that resulted in 17 consecutive quarters of company-operated comparable restaurant sales growth and 11 consecutive quarters of system-wide comparable restaurant sales growth. Mr. Murphy also took the company public in 2015. From 1996 to 2008, Mr. Murphy held various leadership positions at Einstein Noah Restaurant Group, Inc. , including as President, Chief Executive Officer, and a member of the board of directors from 2003 to 2008.. During his tenure as President and CEO of Einstein Noah, Mr. Murphy was responsible for 593 company-operated and franchised restaurants with revenues of $390 million.