Sean Tresvant serves as Chief Executive Officer of the Taco Bell Division, reporting directly to the Yum! Brands CEO. In this role, he is responsible for the global growth strategy, franchise operations and performance of Taco Bell Division.
In 2025, Tresvant's role expanded to include Yum! Brands Chief Consumer Officer, a role dedicated to ensuring the consumer of today and tomorrow remains at the forefront across Yum!’s iconic brands. No single part of Yum! is more focused on the consumer than Collider, Yum!’s in-house consumer insights agency. To elevate its full impact across our brands, Collider reports to Tresvant, bringing together a combined marketing force to help unlock Yum!’s biggest growth opportunities.
Tresvant previously served as Global Chief Brand & Strategy Officer of Taco Bell, developing perspective and ambition for long-term global growth and overseeing the brand’s Strategy, Food Innovation, Architecture and Design and Global Communications functions as well as the Taco Bell International business. He first joined Yum! in January 2022 as Global Brand Officer, where he led Taco Bell into a new age of transformative global marketing, spearheaded boundary-pushing, multi-dimensional efforts that drive culture, initiated change and created impact.
Before joining Yum!, Tresvant worked for Nike as the Chief Marketing Officer of the Jordan Brand where he was responsible for defining the Jordan Brand voice across the globe and setting the consumer journey and execution of brand campaigns, product marketing, creative collaborations, athlete sponsorships, omnichannel marketplace design and social platforms.
Tresvant received his MBA from Seattle University and bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Washington State University. He's served on the Board of Directors for Marriott International, Inc. since 2025.
