Gene Lee Elected as Darden's Permanent CEO
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SeafoodNews] February 23, 2015
Darden's current interim Chief Executive Officer Gene Lee will now take up the role full-time for the company.
Lee was a unanimous choice by Darden's Board of Directors to assume the position as CEO and director of the company. He had been serving in the role in an interim position since Clarence Otis resigned last summer.
"On behalf of the Board, I want to say how excited we are to have Gene Lee as our CEO. After conducting a thorough search and reviewing numerous highly qualified candidates, it was clear that Gene was the best candidate and was the Board's unanimous choice," said Jeffrey C. Smith, Darden's Independent Non-Executive Chairman. "Gene brings the perfect combination of restaurant-level operating experience, brand- and corporate-level management expertise, and thoughtful, focused, hands-on leadership."
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