---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000703351-24-000009"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EAT"
cik: "0000703351"
company_name: "BRINKER INTERNATIONAL, INC"
filed_at: "2024-02-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T15:59:09.860813+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Brinker names Mika Ware CFO as Joe Taylor retires; hires Chris Caldwell as CIO

## Summary
- Joe Taylor (EVP & CFO) retires after ~25 years effective June 26, 2024; advisory role through Aug 2024.
- Mika Ware appointed SVP & CFO effective June 27, 2024; she was VP of Finance/IR, started at Chili's in 1988.
- Ware's base salary $450K with 65% target bonus; initial equity grant valued at $575K.
- Chris Caldwell appointed SVP & CIO effective Feb 26, 2024; previously CTO at KFC (Yum! Brands).
- Taylor to receive $650,520 annual base salary through separation date and remain eligible for FY2024 bonus.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000703351-24-000009
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EAT
- cik: 0000703351
- company_name: BRINKER INTERNATIONAL, INC
- filed_at: 2024-02-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/703351/000070335124000009/0000703351-24-000009-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/703351/000070335124000009/eat-20240222.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michaela (Mika) M. Ware was appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at BRINKER INTERNATIONAL, INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On February 26, 2024, the Company announced that Michaela (Mika) M. Ware, 52, has been appointed to the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective as of June 27, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/703351/000070335124000009/0000703351-24-000009-index.htm
- Executive change
  Joseph G. Taylor retired as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at BRINKER INTERNATIONAL, INC.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On February 22, 2024, Joseph G. Taylor, 65, notified Brinker International, Inc. (the “Company”) that he will retire from his position of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective as of June 26, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/703351/000070335124000009/0000703351-24-000009-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.