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title: "Little Caesars® Pizza Names Leigh Burnside Chief Financial Officer"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/682a2c6b-3c98-4f18-9d78-308113e3d7e1
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/news/20230209_little_caesars_pizza_names_leigh_burnside_chief_financial_officer.html
category: "Pizza"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Pizza"
topics: ["Finance & M&A","People"]
published: 2023-02-09T12:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T00:54:34.196Z
image: https://imgs.franchising.com/brands/social/littlecaesarspizza.jpg
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# Little Caesars® Pizza Names Leigh Burnside Chief Financial Officer

**TL;DR:** Little Caesars has named Leigh Burnside as its new chief financial officer, bringing 30 years of experience in accounting and finance. Burnside joins from The Wendy's Company, where she was senior vice president, chief accounting officer and chief financial officer - U.S.

*originally published in Franchising.com on 2023-02-09. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/news/20230209_little_caesars_pizza_names_leigh_burnside_chief_financial_officer.html).*

## Story

DETROIT, Feb. 6, 2023 // PRNewswire // - Little Caesars announced that Leigh Burnside will take over the role of chief financial officer for the company. Leigh joins Little Caesars with 30 years of experience in the accounting and finance industry and has held several senior leadership roles, most recently as senior vice president, chief accounting officer and chief financial officer - U.S. at The Wendy's Company.

Leigh will serve as a key member of the organization's senior leadership team. She will replace outgoing CFO Darrell Snygg, who recently retired after 34 years of dedicated service, and will work closely with newly named senior vice president of accounting, Allison Bieri. Bieri, an industry veteran who most recently served as vice president of accounting at Little Caesars, will spearhead the development and expansion of the brand's accounting team.

A graduate of the University of Maryland, College Park with a bachelor's degree in accounting, Leigh has served on the board of directors for The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption and is on the Board of Advisors of the Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland-College Park. She will be based at the Little Caesars Global Headquarters in Detroit, Michigan.

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- Wendy's (company)
- Little Caesar's (company)
- cfo appointment (topic)
- finance leadership (topic)
- executive move (topic)

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Originally reported by Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/news/20230209_little_caesars_pizza_names_leigh_burnside_chief_financial_officer.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/682a2c6b-3c98-4f18-9d78-308113e3d7e1).