Arcos Dorados Appoints José Carlos Alcantara As CFO - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc. (ARCO), Latin America's largest restaurant chain and the world's largest McDonald's franchisee, Tuesday said José Carlos Alcantara will be joining the company to assume the role of Chief Financial Officer, effective January 12, 2015.

Alcantara will replace Germán Lemonnier, who has made a personal decision to leave the company but will remain for a transition period through the end of the first quarter of 2015.

The company noted that Alcantara brings substantial experience as a financial executive in both Latin America and the consumer products industry to Arcos Dorados. Most recently, he served as Managing Director Spanish Latin America at Experian, where he was previously CFO Latin America.