January 11/Oak Brook, Ill./PRNewswire -- Jim Skinner, chief executive officer of McDonald's Corporation, announced that Don Thompson, currently president of McDonald USA, has been elected to the role of president and chief operating officer, with oversight responsibility for the company's 32,000 restaurants worldwide.
At the same time, Skinner and Thompson jointly announced the promotions of Jan Fields, currently executive vice president and chief operations officer for McDonald's USA, to succeed Thompson as president of McDonald's USA, and Jim Johannesen, currently U.S. Division president-Central Division, to succeed Fields as executive vice president and chief operations officer for McDonald's USA.