• by Teresa Buyikian , Yesterday

This week Restaurant Brands International’s Popeyes and Burger King boosted its senior leadership with two new appointments.

Peter Perdue, who has worked in various roles at RBI over the last 12 years, was promoted to president of Popeyes, U.S. and Canada. He fills the role left by Jeff Klein, who the brand says will be departing the company.

Perdue most recently served as COO for Burger King U.S. and Canada. Other senior roles he’s held include vice president finance, Burger King U.S. and Canada, and regional vice president, Burger King Asia Pacific region.

"Peter has led an impressive turnaround in the operations of our Burger King system, and I look forward to bringing his leadership to Popeyes,” says Josh Kobza, CEO of RBI, in a release. “We also want to offer our thanks to Jeff Klein for his hard work over the last four years."

RBI has also promoted Nicolas (Nico) Henrich to fill the role left vacant by Perdue as COO of Burger King U.S. & Canada. Henrich is also a veteran of RBI, most recently serving in the role of vice president, Tim Horton’s brand, head of US development franchising and finance. Earlier in his career. Henrich worked in investment banking at J.P Morgan.

RBI is the parent company of Tim Hortons, Burger King, Popeyes and Firehouse Subs with $45 billion in annual systemwide sales and over 32,000 restaurants in 120+ countries and territories.  The company recently reported that Q3 2025 revenue increased 6.9% to $2.45 billion, and net income rose to $315 million.