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Dunkin' Brands names interim CFO, begins search for next financial leader

March 24, 2017

Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin-Robbins parent company, Dunkin' Brands, said that its Vice President of finance and treasurer, Kate Jaspon, will step into the interim CFO's role in April when CFO Paul Carbone leaves the company for a position in the specialty retail industry, according to a news release. 

Carbone will leave Dunkin' Brands on April 21, but the company has already begun a search internally and externally for an individual to fill the CFO job permanently, including accounting, corporate tax, investor relations and competitive intelligence responsibilities.

Jaspon, who handles global financial planning and analysis, business analytics, debt and cash management, electronic payments and insurance for Dunkin' Brands,  has been with the company for 11 years. 

"Kate is a talented financial executive with a deep understanding of Dunkin' Brands,"  Dunkin' Brands CEO Nigel Travis said in a news release. "She has helped lead us through a number of important transactions, including our IPO and follow-on equity offerings, securitization and several debt restructurings, and has overseen the implementation of our enterprise risk management program. … Kate is well qualified to lead our world-class financial team during this transition period. We thank Paul for his significant contributions to the Company and wish him well in his new position."

At the end of the fourth quarter 2016, Dunkin' Brands included more than 12,200 Dunkin' Donuts restaurants and more than 7,800 Baskin-Robbins restaurants.