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title: "Chipotle Adds to Executive Team"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/1299fa60-b822-4322-be23-242b6b1f98fb
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/chipotle-adds-to-executive-team-2708692
category: "Mexican"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Mexican"
topics: ["Finance & M&A"]
published: 2018-12-14T18:13:01.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:37:04.682Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/992a70287b1cc22ebdb30752f357869b5445.jpg
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# Chipotle Adds to Executive Team

**TL;DR:** Chipotle added two new members to its executive team, including chief legal officer Roger Theodoredis and chief development officer Tabassum Zalotrawala. The new hires are part of a big hiring year for the brand, which also included chief marketing officer Chris Brandt and chief people officer Marissa Andrada in 2018.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-12-14. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/chipotle-adds-to-executive-team-2708692).*

## Story

Chipotle has added two new members to its executive team, according to a Restaurant Business report.

Roger Theodoredis is the chain’s new chief legal officer and Tabassum Zalotrawala is the new chief development officer, according to the article.

This was a big hiring year for the brand. New members of the Chipotle team in 2018 included chief marketing officer Chris Brandt and chief people officer Marissa Andrada, according to the article.

Chipotle CEO Brian Niccol said in a statement that Theodoredis and Zalotrawala’s “experience will be essential as Chipotle focuses on winning today and cultivating a better future.”

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- Chipotle (company)
- Brian Niccol (person)
- leadership changes (topic)
- Chris Brandt (person)
- hiring (topic)
- executive team (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/chipotle-adds-to-executive-team-2708692). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/1299fa60-b822-4322-be23-242b6b1f98fb).