お知らせ • Feb 25
Jack in the Box Inc. Announces Executive Changes
On February 20, 2025, Darin Harris notified Jack in the Box Inc.’s Board of Directors of his intention to resign from his positions as Director of the Company, effective immediately, to pursue other opportunities. Mr. Harris’ decision to resign is not related to a disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies, or practices. He will remain as a consultant through March 14, 2025. Lance Tucker, age 55, the Company’s Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, will serve as the Company’s interim principal executive officer effective February 24, 2025, and until such time as the Board of the Directors determines. Mr. Tucker has served as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer since January 13, 2025. He previously served in this same role as the Company’s Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer from March 2018 to September 2020. Most recently, he served as the Chief Financial Officer of Davidson Hotel Company LLC (Atlanta, GA) (“Davidson Hospitality Group’), an award-winning, full-service hospitality management company overseeing hotels, restaurants, dining and entertainment venues across the United States since January 2022. Prior to that, from September 2020 until January 2022, he was the Chief Financial Officer of CKE Restaurants Holdings Inc. (Franklin, TN), an American fast food company and the parent organization for the Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s brands, where he was responsible for all finance and accounting and helped drive the company’s full business transformation process. Prior to joining the Company in March 2018, Mr. Tucker held several senior leadership positions at Papa John’s International Inc. (Atlanta, GA) (“Papa John’s). From February 2011 to February 2018, he served as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer and added Chief Administrative Officer in February 2012. From June 2010 to February 2011, he was Chief of Staff and Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning for Papa John’s. Prior to that, he served as its Chief of Staff and Vice President, Strategic Planning from June 2009 to June 2010. Prior to joining Papa John’s, Mr. Tucker served as the Chief Financial Officer of Evergreen Real Estate Services, LLC (Chicago, IL), from 2003 to 2009; and held leadership positions with several finance companies from 1999 to 2003. Previously, from 1994 to 1999, he served as the Director of Finance for Papa John’s International Inc. Overall, Mr. Tucker has more than 20 years of corporate finance experience. He graduated from Transylvania University with a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting. To fill Mr. Tucker’s role, Dawn Hooper, age 54, the Company’s Senior Vice President, Controller, will serve as the Company’s interim principal financial officer and principal accounting officer effective February 24, 2025, and until such time as the Board of Directors determines. Ms. Hooper previously served in the role of the Company’s interim principal financial officer from August 2020 to January 2021, February 2023 to August 2023, and November 2024 to January 2025. Ms. Hooper has been Senior Vice President, Controller since December 2022, and she has been with the Company since October 2000. She previously held positions of increasing responsibility in accounting since joining the Company in 2000, including Interim CFO, Controller, Assistant Controller, Vice President of Financial Reporting and Senior Manager of Corporate Accounting. Prior to joining the company, she began her career with KPMG LLP where she worked from September 1993 to September 2000. Ms. Hooper has more than 29 years in experience in accounting and finance. Ms. Hooper received her bachelor’s degree in accounting from University of San Diego from the Knauss School of Business. There are no reportable family relationships or related person transactions involving the Company and Ms. Hooper. With Mr. Harris’ departure, the Board has reduced its size to eight (8) members effective immediately.