CHICAGO — McDonald's Corp. vice chairman and chief executive officer Jim Skinner will deliver the keynote address at the 2008 National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show, May 17-20, 2008, at Chicago's McCormick Place.
Skinner is scheduled to speak May 18 at 2 p.m. in the McCormick Place Grand Ballroom. His address is open only to NRA Show attendees, exhibitors and registered media. Skinner was elected McDonald's vice chairman and CEO in November 2004. In his previous role as vice chairman, he had management responsibility for Asia, Middle East and Africa (AMEA), and Latin America, in addition to overseeing most corporate staff functions. Since the beginning of 2004, Skinner was accountable for McDonald's Japan Limited, McDonald's second-largest market with nearly 4,000 restaurants. Skinner has held numerous leadership positions in his tenure with the corporation, after starting as a restaurant manager trainee in Carpentersville, Ill.
The NRA Show is the industry's largest single gathering of more than 74,000 restaurant and hospitality professionals.
