James Fripp is the Chief Equity, Inclusion & Belonging Officer of Yum! Brands. In this role, Fripp, working with executives across Yum! Brands, KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and The Habit Burger Grill, has global responsibility for advancing diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging strategies and practices across the company’s brands, workplaces and franchise system. Building on Yum! Brands’ years of progress on its equity, inclusion, & belonging evolution, Fripp is focused on increasing diverse representation among company leadership, franchisees and suppliers and continuing the rollout of inclusive leadership and anti-racism training across the company and franchise system.

Since 2011, Fripp has led equity, inclusion, & belonging efforts, where he elevated Yum! Brands’ public commitments and partnerships including the CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion, The Consortium for Graduate Study in Management, OneTen and We Are All Human’s The Hispanic Promise; activated the company’s Employee Resource Groups; and trained thousands of brand and franchise leaders around the world on the topics of Inclusive Leadership and Unconscious Bias.

Fripp is a member of the Clemson University Corporate CDO Advisory Board and member of the Corporate Advisory Board for the Multicultural Foodservice and Hospitality Alliance. He is also a member of University of North Carolina Corporate Advisory Board on Diversity & Inclusion and a Vice-Chair of the National Restaurant Association Education Foundation Board. He holds a Degree in Business Management and is a certified Unconscious Bias facilitator, & Hogan Leadership Assessment Coach.