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title: "Swig Names Daniel Batty its Chief Development Officer"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/bdbb552d-ac6a-4e3e-9238-bbd1c2d475dd
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/news/20240604_swig_names_daniel_batty_its_chief_development_officer.html
category: "Beverage & juice"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Beverage & juice"
topics: ["People"]
published: 2024-06-04T12:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-10-31T18:45:25.720Z
image: https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1561758033-d89a9ad46330?w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop
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# Swig Names Daniel Batty its Chief Development Officer

**TL;DR:** Swig has named Daniel Batty as its Chief Development Officer, who brings over 20 years of experience in the QSR segment. Batty previously worked at Dutch Bros Coffee, McDonald's, CKE Restaurants, and Dunkin Brands, and will help lead Swig's expansion.

*originally published in Franchising.com on 2024-06-04. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/news/20240604_swig_names_daniel_batty_its_chief_development_officer.html).*

## Story

Batty comes to Swig with more than 20 years of experience in the QSR segment and involvement in more than 2,000 development projects. For the past five years, he was Vice President of Design and Construction at Dutch Bros Coffee, where he oversaw development growth of 29 new stores in 2018 to 180 new stores in 2024.

Prior to Dutch Bros, Batty worked at McDonald’s, CKE Restaurants, and Dunkin Brands, where he built and led strategies for development, franchise growth, operations management, vendor partnerships, business acceleration, and team leadership in high-visibility, highly competitive markets. His penchant for problem-solving has led to productive work environments that have gained national recognition amongst leading brands.

“Daniel is a game-changer. He is experienced, strategic, and uniquely qualified to help lead Swig’s expansion,” said Alex Dunn, CEO of Swig. “Swig is more than a beverage company; we need leaders who understand our mission of fostering human connections and sharing ‘happiness in a cup.’ It’s clear Daniel is cut from the same culture cloth, and we’re honored to have him join team Swig.”

“Throughout my time in the industry, I had the pleasure of connecting with Swig’s leadership team and was struck by their commitment to culture in the workplace. Swig founder Nicole Tanner is a visionary, and the ideas she and the team have in development will change the industry and put Swig on the map,” Batty said. “In the end, I am a builder. The opportunity to join Swig in their journey will allow me to share in their vision for the brand, work alongside the team as they grow, and celebrate in our future success.”

Batty’s hire follows many strategic C-suite appointments for Swig in the last year: Dylan Roeder was named CMO, Chase Wardrop, COO, and Bill Ayers, CFO.

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- McDonald's (company)
- executive appointment (topic)
- Dunkin' Brands (company)
- CKE Restaurants (company)
- Swig (company)
- company expansion (topic)
- qsr segment (topic)
- Alex Dunn (person)
- Dutch Bros Coffee (company)
- development projects (topic)

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Originally reported by Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/news/20240604_swig_names_daniel_batty_its_chief_development_officer.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/bdbb552d-ac6a-4e3e-9238-bbd1c2d475dd).