Black Enterprise Magazine Names Two McDonald's Executives Among 75 Most Powerful Blacks in Corporate America.OAK BROOK, Ill. -- Executive Vice-President and Innovation Orchestration orchestration Art of choosing which instruments to use for a given piece of music. The sections of the orchestra historically were separate ensembles: the stringed instruments for indoors, the woodwind instruments for outdoors, the horns for hunting, and trumpets and drums Leader Don Thompson Donald Thompson, Donald Thomson, Don Thompson or Don Thomson are names shared by the following individuals:
(NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :MCD MCD Minor Civil Division MCD McDonalds (restaurant) Mcd Macedonian (linguistics) MCD Municipal Corporation of Delhi MCD Magnetic Circular Dichroism MCD Mad Cow Disease ) - Black Enterprise(R) magazine announced today, the inclusion of two of McDonald's(R) African American African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. executives, Don Thompson and William Lamar Jr., among its "75 Most Powerful Blacks In Corporate America." The recognition marks the first time in the seventeen-year history of the annual listing that McDonald's had two of its executives recognized. "The entire McDonald's system takes pride in the outstanding contributions that Don Thompson and Bill Lamar have delivered," said Reggie Webb, McDonald's owner/operator and Chair of the National Leadership Council, a franchisee advisory council, representing all of McDonald's U.S. franchises. "The recognition is not only well-deserved, but is personally meaningful to me, and all of McDonald's African American owner/operators, executives, and suppliers." Black Enterprise magazine, the authority for African American business markets and leaders, releases its inaugural list of top black corporate executives as the cover feature for its February issue. The February 2005 issue recognizes African Americans who are in the position of chief executive officer, or who were significantly responsible for generating revenue for a major corporation, with a large influence on his or her respective industry. McDonald's was one of the few companies featured to have more than one executive included in the ranking. Don Thompson is executive vice-president and Innovation Orchestration Leader, Restaurant Solutions Group, McDonald's Corporation. Beginning his career with McDonald's in 1990, as a restaurant systems engineer, Don is responsible for new menu innovations in 120 countries. He is also responsible for providing system leadership to identify growth opportunities for the McDonald's brand. William Lamar, Jr., senior vice-president and chief marketing officer, McDonald's USA, oversees all U.S. marketing efforts for McDonald's thirteen thousand-plus restaurants. Prior to assuming his role as chief marketing officer, he served as general manager and regional vice-president for McDonald's Atlanta Region, responsible for over 700 restaurants covering Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. and portions of North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. and Tennessee. McDonald's is the leading global foodservice retailer with more than 30,000 local restaurants serving nearly 47 million people in more than 100 countries each day. Approximately 70 percent of McDonald's restaurants There are more than 30,000 McDonald's restaurants in 119 countries. Restaurants The first McDonald's was not a restaurant at all, but it was a sit-in stand. The company's early franchises were built to a standard pattern that did not offer seating; this was in part to prevent worldwide are owned and operated by independent, local businessmen and women. For more information about McDonald's, please visit www.mcdonalds.com. (C) 2005 McDonald's Corporation and affiliates. |
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