Scott Boatwright vs Dave Boennighausen

Scott Boatwright

CEO of Chipotle

BIO: Scott Boatwright is the Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Chipotle. Mr. Boatwright has served as Chipotle’s Interim Chief Executive Officer since August 2024. He joined Chipotle in May 2017 and, in his previous roles as Chipotle’s Chief Operating Officer and Chief Restaurant Officer, he has had direct accountability for all of Chipotle’s restaurant operations. Mr. Boatwright was named Nation’s Restaurant News ‘Operations CREATOR of the Year’ in 2021 as well as to Fast Casual’s ‘2020 Top 25 Executive’ list. Prior to Chipotle, Mr. Boatwright spent 18 years with Arby’s Restaurant Group in various leadership positions. He most recently served as the Senior Vice President of Operations, where he was responsible for the performance of over 1,700 Arby’s restaurants in numerous states. Mr. Boatwright currently serves on the board of directors of Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. and is a member of the National Restaurant Association’s Fast Casual Industry Council. He holds a Master of Business Administration from the J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University.

Dave Boennighausen

CEO of Noodles & Company

BIO: Mr. Dave Boennighausen has been the Chief Executive Officer of Noodles & Company since June 14, 2017 and as its Director since August 21, 2015. Mr. Boennighausen served as Chief Executive Officer of Noodles & Company since July 25, 2016 until June 14, 2017 and served as its Chief Financial Officer since July 2012 until June 14, 2017. He has been with the Noodles & Company since 2004 and served as its Vice President of Finance from October 2007 to March 2011 and Executive Vice President of Finance from April 2011 to February 2012. He began his career with May Department Stores. He received a BS in Finance and Marketing from Truman State University and holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.