Yum! Brands, Inc. announced it has appointed David Gibbs, 50, as President of its Pizza Hut business in the U.S., and Jason Marker, 43, as General Manager of its KFC business in the U.S. Gibbs will report to Scott Bergren, Pizza Hut Chief Executive Officer; and Marker will report to Micky Pant, KFC Chief Executive Officer. Both appointments are effective immediately.

David Gibbs joined the Company in 1989 and has risen through senior management since that time. He began his career in development and his roles included Vice President of Development at KFC and at YUM. In 2006, he was promoted to Chief Financial Officer of Pizza Hut in the U.S., then to CFO at Yum!

Restaurants International, and most recently served as President and CFO of YRI. During that time. Jason Marker joined the Company from Unilever over 10 years ago as a marketer in the South Pacific region, based in Australia.

He then was promoted to the Chief Marketing Officer and was a key force in developing product and marketing ideas that were first successful in Australia and then exported across KFC's global system. Marker was relocated to Yum! Restaurants International as the Vice President of Global Branding and Marketing.

He most recently has served as Chief Marketing Officer of KFC U.S.