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title: "QSR: Chipotle Continues to Refresh Brand with New Board Hires"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/30456be1-c4b6-40a3-868a-f565fe1eb945
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/qsr-chipotle-continues-to-refresh-brand-with-new-board-hires-8682
category: "Mexican"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Mexican"
topics: ["People"]
published: 2016-12-19T16:11:02.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:10:46.949Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/30919fd2c3577074d243ed8228f6fb514890.jpg
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# QSR: Chipotle Continues to Refresh Brand with New Board Hires

**TL;DR:** Chipotle has named four new members to its board of directors to help the brand recover from challenges. The new members bring experience in the food industry and corporate governance.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2016-12-19. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/qsr-chipotle-continues-to-refresh-brand-with-new-board-hires-8682).*

## Story

Chipotle faced a lot of challenges this year, like contamination issues, employee dissatisfaction and an overall lack of confidence. To help the brand hit refresh, the mexican grill named four new members to its board of directors: Paul T. Cappuccio, Robin S. Hickenlooper, Ali Namvar, and Matthew Paull.

“Chipotle has enjoyed extraordinary success for most of our 23-year history, and it is important to us that we structure the company to enjoy similar success in the future,” says Steve Ells, founder, chairman and CEO of Chipotle. “The addition of these new directors strengthens our board of directors, and gives us the oversight, accountability and leadership we need as we continue our efforts to reestablish Chipotle as the leader we have been for much of our history.”

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- Chipotle (company)
- qsr (topic)
- brand refresh (topic)
- board hires (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/qsr-chipotle-continues-to-refresh-brand-with-new-board-hires-8682). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/30456be1-c4b6-40a3-868a-f565fe1eb945).