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THE WENDY'S COMPANY NAMES TARIQ HASSAN CHIEF MARKETING AND CUSTOMER GROWTH OFFICER

What happened

The Wendy's Company has appointed Tariq Hassan to the newly created role of Chief Marketing and Customer Growth Officer.

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Strengthened Leadership Team Marks Next Step in Company Turnaround Plan DUBLIN, Ohio, Aug. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Wendy's Company (Nasdaq: WEN ) announced the appointment of Tariq Hassan to the newly created role of Chief Marketing and Customer Growth Officer, effective immediately. He will report to President and Chief Executive Officer Bob Wright and serve on the Wendy's Senior Leadership Team. Lindsay Radkoski, who has served as Chief Marketing Officer, U.S. since 2024, will depart the organization after a transition period with Hassan over the coming weeks. Hassan brings more than three decades of global marketing, customer experience, digital transformation and brand-building leadership to Wendy's, with deep experience across restaurants, technology and consumer brands. He previously served as Senior Vice President, U.S. Chief Marketing and Customer Experience Officer at McDonald's, where he helped modernize marketing, strengthened digital and loyalty engagement, and put customer-first insights at the center of culturally relevant campaigns and menu innovation. Prior to McDonald's, Hassan has held several senior leadership roles with prominent U.S. consumer brands and agencies where he built an impressive track record of repositioning brands, improving the customer experience and using data-driven marketing to create deeper customer relationships and measurable...

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Event
Executive hire

What this signalsA new leader often reviews the tools the team uses.

Person
Tariq HassanChief Marketing and Customer Growth Officer
Takes effect
Aug 24, 2026
Location
Dublin, Ohio, United States

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  • Tariq HassanChief Marketing and Customer Growth Officer · Named in the story

Topics and mentions

Job title tags

  • directors
  • marketing

Extraction

Confidence
95%
Detected
Aug 24, 2026
signal_type
news
signal_subtype
hires

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    "title": "THE WENDY'S COMPANY NAMES TARIQ HASSAN CHIEF MARKETING AND CUSTOMER GROWTH OFFICER",
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    "excerpt": "Strengthened Leadership Team Marks Next Step in Company Turnaround Plan DUBLIN, Ohio , Aug. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Wendy's Company (Nasdaq: WEN ) announced the appointment of Tariq Hassan to the newly created role of Chief Marketing and Customer Growth Officer, effective immediately. He will report to President and Chief Executive Officer Bob Wright and serve on the Wendy's Senior Leadership Team. Lindsay Radkoski, who has served as Chief Marketing Officer, U.S. since 2024, will depart the organization after a transition period with Hassan over the coming weeks. Hassan brings more than three decades of global marketing, customer experience, digital transformation and brand-building leadership to Wendy's, with deep experience across restaurants, technology and consumer brands. He previously served as Senior Vice President, U.S. Chief Marketing and Customer Experience Officer at McDonald's, where he helped modernize marketing, strengthened digital and loyalty engagement, and put customer-first insights at the center of culturally relevant campaigns and menu innovation. Prior to McDonald's, Hassan has held several senior leadership roles with prominent U.S. consumer brands and agencies where he built an impressive track record of repositioning brands, improving the customer experience and using data-driven marketing to create deeper customer relationships and measurable...",
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