Mr hearl held 18-year career in the oil industry with Exxon in Australia and the USA, Mr Hearl held a variety of senior marketing, operations, logistics and strategic planning positions. He joined YUM Brands (formerly PepsiCo Restaurants) as KFC Australia's Director of Operations in 1991, and subsequently had several senior international leadership roles, as well as President of Pizza Hut USA, before assuming the global role of YUM Brands Chief Operating and Development Officer in 2006, based in Dallas, Texas and Louisville, Kentucky, from where he retired in 2008. Mr Hearl is Chair of the Environment, Health, Safety and Sustainability Committee, a member of the People and Culture Committee.
