---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-22-005760"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "YUMC"
cik: "0001673358"
company_name: "Yum China Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-04-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T06:55:22.094095+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Yum China names Johnson Huang first Chief Customer Officer; Warton Wang to lead KFC

## Summary
- Johnson Huang appointed Chief Customer Officer, effective May 1, 2022, to drive customer-centricity and digital capabilities.
- Warton Wang succeeds Huang as General Manager, KFC, effective same date; Wang was previously Chief Development Officer.
- Huang, former KFC GM, also to oversee emerging brands: Lavazza, COFFii & JOY, and Taco Bell.
- Wang is a 24-year KFC veteran, starting as operations trainee in 1998, most recently leading store format innovation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-22-005760
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: YUMC
- cik: 0001673358
- company_name: Yum China Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-04-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1673358/000095017022005760/0000950170-22-005760-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1673358/000095017022005760/yumc-20220418.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Johnson Huang was appointed as Chief Customer Officer at Yum China Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Customer Officer
  source text: the appointment of Johnson Huang, who currently serves as the Company’s General Manager, KFC, to the position of Chief Customer Officer
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1673358/000095017022005760/0000950170-22-005760-index.htm
- Executive change
  Warton Wang was appointed as General Manager, KFC at Yum China Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: General Manager, KFC
  source text: the appointment of Warton Wang, who currently serves as the Company’s Chief Development Officer, to the position of General Manager, KFC
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1673358/000095017022005760/0000950170-22-005760-index.htm

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