The Wall Street Journal-20080117-Dunkin- Shuffles Brand Managers
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Dunkin' Shuffles Brand Managers
A WSJ News Roundup
Dunkin' Brands Inc. combined the U.S. and international teams for its Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin-Robbins brands, realigning its organizational structure.
The restaurant company named Will Kussell president and chief brand officer for Dunkin' Donuts Worldwide, and Srinivas Kumar brand chief of Baskin-Robbins Worldwide.
Dunkin' Brands said Robert Rodriguez will leave his position as president of Dunkin' Donuts U.S. The company said Mr. Rodriguez chose to leave to pursue other interests. He couldn't be reached to comment.
Mr. Kussell, 49 years old, will have responsibility for domestic and international components of the Dunkin' Donuts brand. Mr. Kumar, 45, will have responsibility for the Baskin-Robbins brand globally.
