Restaurant Brands has today appointed Victoria Taylor as a non-executive independent director of the company.

Grant Ellis, company secretary  of Restaurant Brands, said Taylor is a business owner with experience from corporate to start up high growth businesses, in a company statement.

Her background includes working in blue chip large corporate roles such as Goodman Fielder Limited, Griffins Foods Limited and Coca Cola Oceania Limited, with “exposure to best-practice strategy, marketing and commercial processes.”

Taylor has also been involved in the science and environmental sector and not-for-profit governance, including the Museum of Transport and Technology, Vehicle Testing New Zealand, Landcare Research Limited and Enviro-Mark Solutions.

The fast food operator said Taylor has experience in complex manufacturing businesses operating in international markets and her particular areas of expertise include sales, marketing, people and performance and growth strategies.