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title: "Pizza Hut International Welcomes New President"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/ad606e4b-8874-48a4-a21a-15d7f0a66e36
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/pizza-hut-international-welcomes-new-president-2708150
category: "Pizza"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Pizza"
topics: ["Finance & M&A","People"]
published: 2018-10-12T13:08:44.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:44:08.963Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/7eec5fe7e2481afe874ed70809534bd65818.jpg
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# Pizza Hut International Welcomes New President

**TL;DR:** Pizza Hut International has named Vipul Chawla as its new president, succeeding Milind Pant. Chawla will take the reins on December 3rd with a focus on brand strategy outside of the United States.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-10-12. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/pizza-hut-international-welcomes-new-president-2708150).*

## Story

Pizza Hut International has officially named a new president. According to a recent article in Nation's Restaurant News , the fran chise has selected Vipul Chawla to take the place of former president Milind Pant, who is leaving the company to seek new opportunities. Chawla will officially take the reins on December 3rd with a focus on brand strategy outside of the United States.

“Vipul Chawla is an extraordinarily talented leader and highly respected global marketer with a proven track record of growing Pizza Hut across the Asia-Pacific region with our franchise partners. He’s the ideal person to take Pizza Hut International to the next level,” said Yum Brands CEO Greg Creed.

Prior to accepting this responsibility, Chawla has worked as general manager of Pizza Hut Asia and served as the CMO for KFC Asia.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- international expansion (topic)
- Pizza Hut (company)
- KFC (company)
- Yum Brands (company)
- brand strategy (topic)
- executive change (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/pizza-hut-international-welcomes-new-president-2708150). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/ad606e4b-8874-48a4-a21a-15d7f0a66e36).