After being associated with Yum! Brands for five years, Merrill Pereyra has called it quits from Pizza Hut India as Managing Director (MD).
With this, Rohan Pewekar has been promoted to MD- Pizza Hut Indian Subcontinent. He has been with Yum! Brands for over four years.
Pewekar joined the brand as Director- Finance and Planning- Pizza Hut in December 2019. After this, he was elevated to Director- Finance, Strategy, SCM, and QA in October 2020. Following this, he served as Chief Strategy and Finance Officer, Pizza Hut from February 2022 till his elevation.
Before this, he was Senior Manager at Samsung Electronics from October 2017 to December 2019. Earlier, he was associated with Accenture for over seven years. He joined as Analyst- Strategy Consulting in April 2010. Later, he was elevated to Consultant- Strategy Consulting in September 2012. Finally, he served as Engagement Manager from December 2015 to October 2017.
The outgoing MD of Pizza Hut India, Pereyra was previously associated with QSR Brands as Executive Director- Chief Executive Officer from June 2016 to June 2019.
Prior to this, he was Chief Executive Officer at Domino’s Pizza from 2013 to 2016 and was based in Indonesia. In this role, he was responsible for senior hires and talent development, and things.
Earlier on, he served as MD at Australia’s Healthy Habits from 2011 to 2013. He was responsible for the expansion of the brand’s store network, and also evaluated and drove the strategic direction of the business.
In the past, he was associated with McDonald’s for more than two decades and operated from various locations. He joined the brand in Managerial roles in Australia in January 1987. After this, he served as Operations Manager in Saudi Arabia from January 1993 to January 1994.
Later, he served as Assistant Vice President in the South Pacific region from January 1994 to January 2006. Following this, he was Regional Manager from January 2006 to May 2010 and operated from South East Asia.
Pereyra took it to LinkedIn and wrote, “These years have been filled with challenges, achievements, and most importantly, incredible people. Looking back, the most special part of this journey truly has been the people- my entire PH family.”
