– USA, CA – BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. (Nasdaq:BJRI) today announced the appointment of Mr. Wesley A. Nichols to the Company’s Board of Directors as an independent director, effective immediately. Additionally, Mr. Nichols will serve as a member of the Governance and Nominating Committee of the Board. Mr. Nichols’ appointment brings the total number of the Company’s board members to ten. Mr. Nichols is replacing Henry Gomez, who resigned due to increased levels of responsibilities resulting from his recent appointment as global Chief Marketing Officer of Hewlett-Packard Company.
Mr. Nichols, a 25-year marketing veteran, has helped grow leading global brands with a focus on emerging media, marketing analytics and technology. He is currently Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of MarketShare, an industry leader in predictive marketing analytics and cross-media attribution. MarketShare supports a number of the world’s largest companies with resource allocation and marketing optimization via ‘big data’ analytics and technology solutions. Prior to this role, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of TEQUILA, a digital marketing agency which is part of Omnicom Group. From 1994 to 2001, he was Co-founder and Managing Partner of Direct Partners (acquired by Omnicom Group). Mr. Nichols is a member of the Board of Trustees at Randolph-Macon College.
“We are very pleased to welcome Wes Nichols to our board of directors,” said Jerry Deitchle, Chairman of the Board of Directors. “Wes is a distinguished marketing executive with broad experience developing breakthrough growth strategies for some of the world’s most successful brands. His extensive background and experience will be of considerable value to BJ’s as we continue to build a national brand that delivers a higher quality, more differentiated casual dining experience to consumers and generate greater brand awareness to attract future guests.”
BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. currently owns and operates 146 casual dining restaurants under the BJ’s Restaurant & Brewery®, BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse®, BJ’s Pizza & Grill® and BJ’s Grill® brand names. BJ’s Restaurants offer an innovative and broad menu featuring award-winning, signature deep-dish pizza complemented with generously portioned salads, appetizers, sandwiches, soups, pastas, entrees and desserts, including the Pizookie® dessert. Quality, flavor, value, moderate prices and sincere service remain distinct attributes of the BJ’s experience. The Company operates several microbreweries in addition to using independent third party brewers to produce and distribute BJ’s critically acclaimed proprietary craft beers throughout the chain. The Company’s restaurants are located in California (64), Texas (29), Florida (15), Arizona (6), Colorado (5), Nevada (5), Washington (4), Ohio (4), Oklahoma (3), Oregon (3), Kentucky (2), Indiana (1), Kansas (1), Louisiana (1), Maryland (1), New Mexico (1) and Virginia (1)
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