Prominent executives join restaurant company’s board of directors

Bloomin’ Brands welcomes Julie Kunkel, who recently retired from Ernst & Young, and Urban Outfitters CFO Melanie Marein-Efron.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 2:40 p.m. August 25, 2022
Bloomin' Brands has expanded its board of directors from nine to 11 members. (Courtesy photo)
Bloomin' Brands has expanded its board of directors from nine to 11 members. (Courtesy photo)
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Bloomin’ Brands Inc. (NASDAQ: BLMN), the Tampa-based parent company of Outback Steakhouse, Carrabba’s Italian Grill, Bonefish Grill and Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar, has appointed Julie Kunkel and Melanie Marein-Efron to its board of directors, increasing the size of the board from nine to 11 members.

 

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