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Francesca DeBiase
Executive VP , Chief Global Supply Chain Officer
McDonalds
Restaurants US • Studied at the Loyola University of Chicago
• DeBiase has 30 years ’ global restaurant and toy supply chain expertise , including food , packaging , logistics , construction , real estate and marketing services .
• DeBiase is a Member of the Board of Directors for The Chicago Network , as well as a Board Member for the Chicago Council on Global Affairs
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pioneer in the integration of supply chain and sustainability , Francesca
DeBiase is one of the few
in Europe , she returned to the US to develop , lead and execute a sustainability vision that continues to advance
Fortune 500 corporate
McDonald ' s environmental
DeBiase managed the
execs who developed
leadership . DeBiase
COVID-19 crisis without
and ran combined supply
initiated dialogue with
supply chain interruption
chain and sustainability
environmental critics
to McDonald ' s 70 million
operations , contributing
to drive industry-
daily customers in 37,000
to McDonald ' s standard-
wide change , winning
restaurants across 100
setting leadership .
endorsement from
countries .
She also serves on five different Boards of either Advisors or Directors .
At McDonald ’ s , she
served in multiple finance
roles , culminating as Senior Director of European Finance while adding the role of Chief European Supply Chain Officer .
Based for a decade management , employees , suppliers and franchisees . She also increased brand trust scores with stakeholders , NGOs , and customers to reinforce the integrity and credibility of the brand .
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