Niren Chaudhary was named Chief Executive Officer of

Panera in May 2019. Niren has more than 25 years of

international corporate leadership experience in the food retail

and hospitality industry.

Niren joined Panera from Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc.,

where he served as Chief Operating Officer and President of

the International Division. Prior to that, he spent 23 years at

Yum! Brands in a number of positions, including serving as

President of Yum! India, and most recently in the role of

President of KFC Global, where he was responsible for 5,000

stores in 50 countries with $5 billion in revenue.

Niren holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from St.

Stephen’s College in Delhi, an MBA in marketing from the

University of Delhi, and also completed the Advanced

Management Program at Harvard Business School.

SHA enriches your knowledge of today’s fast-changing hospitality industry by sponsoring one of the best professional lecture series anywhere. Throughout the school year, you’ll have the rare opportunity to hear and engage with top-level experts, officers, and entrepreneurs across the industry spectrum—people who actually run some of the world’s most successful hospitality corporations.

*These events are open to the public.

GUESTS HAVE THE OPTION TO ATTEND VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE EVENTS VIA THE ZOOM WEBINAR.