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title: "Papa John's Taps Former Subway Executive for Global Chief Marketing Officer Role"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/14d0367e-f163-413f-88ec-a05330d270af
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/papa-johns-taps-former-subway-executive-for-global-chief-marketing-officer-role-2709580
category: "Restaurants"
industry: "Restaurants"
topics: ["Marketing","People"]
published: 2019-03-29T18:13:01.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:33:12.805Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/fa1b8f619a5312dd5cdfd1729f5fd4453903.jpg
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# Papa John's Taps Former Subway Executive for Global Chief Marketing Officer Role

**TL;DR:** Papa John's has named Karlin Linhardt as its new global chief marketing officer. Linhardt previously worked at Subway, McDonald's, and Accenture.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2019-03-29. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/papa-johns-taps-former-subway-executive-for-global-chief-marketing-officer-role-2709580).*

## Story

Papa John’s International Inc. has named Karlin Linhardt as its new global chief marketing officer, according to an AdAge report.

Linhardt previously worked as the North American senior marketing vice president for Subway before resigning in December 2017, according to the article. Companies Linhardt worked for earlier in his career include McDonald’s and Accenture, according to the article.

"Karlin appreciates the important role franchisees play in the organization and understands the needs of the franchise system," Papa John’s Franchise Advisory Council Marketing Committee chairman Bo Knapp said in a statement, according to the article.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- McDonald's (company)
- executive appointment (topic)
- Subway (company)
- Papa Johns (company)
- franchise system (topic)
- marketing leadership (topic)
- Accenture (company)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/papa-johns-taps-former-subway-executive-for-global-chief-marketing-officer-role-2709580). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/14d0367e-f163-413f-88ec-a05330d270af).