CIES-THE FOOD BUSINESS FORUM NAMES MCCLAY CEO
t week said it named Alan McClay chief executive officer of the global food organization. McClay had been managing day-to-day operations at CIES since the departure of Richard Fedigan in June. Fedigan had been president and CEO of CIES for six years before his abrupt departure. McClay, 45, had been chief operating officer.
MCDONALD'S TAPS SKINNER TO SUCCEED BELL AS CEO
OAK BROOK, Ill. -- McDonald's here last week said that Charlie Bell resigned as president and chief executive officer of the fast-food restaurant company to focus on his cancer-recovery efforts. Bell, 44, had been diagnosed with colon cancer shortly after being named CEO in April to succeed Jim Cantalupo, who died of a heart attack. McDonald's named Jim Skinner, 60, to succeed Bell as CEO, and elevated Mike Roberts to president and chief operating officer of the company. Skinner, a 33-year company veteran, had been vice chairman, overseeing McDonald's operations in Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Roberts had been CEO of McDonald's USA.
