Staffing

FAT Brands beefs up management team

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May 18, 2021

Los Angeles-based FAT Brands Inc., the parent company of Fatburger, Johnny Rockets and seven other restaurant concepts, has added three executives to its senior management team, including:

1. Allen Sussman, general counsel.
2. Ken Kuick, CFO.
3. Rob Rosen, EVP of Capital Markets.

"FAT Brands has experienced remarkable growth in spite of the pandemic, opening new restaurants around the world, and we're not done yet," FAT Brands CEO Andy Wiederhorn said in a company press release. "Bringing these three talented professionals on board will bring additional intellectual capital and practical expertise to our executive team as we explore new opportunities and consider other acquisitions."

Sussman has worked with FAT Brands for several years, shepherding it through its IPO and multiple acquisitions, while Kuick most recently served as CFO for Noodles & Company. Rosen has worked on the banking side for Fleet Bank, Kidder Peabody and Bank of Tokyo and spent over 20 years working with Black Diamond Capital Management in a variety of management, board level and advisory capacities.

"FAT Brands' multi-brand platform has reached a critical mass in terms of quality holdings and infrastructure to enable additional brand acquisitions and internal growth to be significantly accretive from day one," Rosen said in the release. "A large component of executing FAT's organic growth strategy as well as the acquisition roll-up plan is the effective use of the credit and capital markets and a disciplined approach to future purchases. I look forward to working with the group on all of these aspects."