Prominent restaurant chain appoints new CEO

Bloomin’ Brands has tapped David Deno as CEO, replacing Liz Smith.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 1:51 p.m. March 8, 2019
An Outback Steakhouse restaurant in California. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
An Outback Steakhouse restaurant in California. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
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TAMPA — Bloomin’ Brands, which in November last year endured sharp public criticism of its financial performance from a prominent investor, New York-based hedge fund Barington Capital Group, named its CFO, David Deno, to the CEO post. 

 

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