Francesca DeBiase

Executive Experience:

• Ms. DeBiase served as Corporate Executive Vice President, Chief Global Supply Chain Officer of McDonald’s Corporation (“McDonald’s”) from October 2020 until she retired in August 2022.
• Previously, she served as McDonald’s Executive Vice President, Chief Global Supply Chain and Sustainability Officer from April 2018 to September 2020 and as Senior Vice President, Chief Global Supply Chain and Sustainability Officer from April 2015 to April 2018.
• Prior to these roles and since joining McDonald’s in 1991, Ms. DeBiase held several management roles in McDonald’s supply chain and finance organizations in the U.S. and internationally.
• Ms. DeBiase began her career as an Auditor in the retail and consumer products industry with Ernst & Young in 1988.

Additional Leadership Experience and Service:

• Board member of The Chicago Council on Global Affairs since 2020.
• Member of the Board of Advisors of AWESOME (Achieving Women’s Excellence in Supply Chain Operations, Management and Education) since 2020.
• Board member of The Chicago Network since 2021.
• Member of The Belizean Grove since 2018.
• Member of the Board of Governors of the Metropolitan Planning Council, Chicago, Illinois, from 2018 to 2022.
• Member of the Board of Advisors, Quinlan School of Business at Loyola University Chicago from 2018 to 2021.
• Executive Sponsor to McDonald’s Women’s Leadership Network from 2015 to 2021.
• Advisory Board member for the Loyola University Supply and Value Chain Center from 2014 to 2017.
• Member of the Board of Directors of Hephzibah Children’s Association, Oak Park, Illinois, from 2010 to 2018.

Other Public Company Board Experience:

• Director of Norfolk Southern Corporation (a transportation company) since July 2023.

Key Director Qualifications and Board Contributions:

• During her more than 30-year career at McDonald’s and her time with Ernst & Young, Ms. DeBiase accumulated significant experience in accounting and auditing and corporate finance, culminating in her service as McDonald’s Senior Director of European Finance from 2002 to 2005.
• Through her experience at McDonald’s, Ms. DeBiase also developed deep expertise in supply chain and sustainability, pioneering the development of a combined supply chain/sustainability operation, and garnered significant experience with international business through residing in Europe during her service in roles of increasing responsibility from 1996 to 2006, including: Chief European Supply Chain Officer; Senior Director, Europe Finance; Director, Central & Eastern Europe, Finance, Franchising and Human Resources; and Chief Finance Director and Head of IT and Supply Chain (McDonald’s Poland).
• Ms. DeBiase gathered significant board room experience, serving for five years as management’s representative for the Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility Committee of the McDonald’s board of directors and regularly attending meetings of the board to present on strategic plans and lead discussions of supply chain, enterprise risk and sustainability matters.