Honma's Mark King Leaves Honma For Taco Bell

Erica Newburger of CNBC reports on Mark King taking the job as Taco Bell CEO, but oddly does not mention his current gig as leader of Honma’s North American operation. Instead, the focus was on his time at Adidas and Taylor Made.

Assuming you consider this a promotion, as many would, it’s rare for a golf executive to move up in the corporate world.

I’m not sure what else it says given the world of boards, headhunters and “C-level” hires, but there is one less prominent voice in the manufacturing community to join the distance debate likely to occur this fall. King had a range of views on bifurcation over the years and as I noted when he was named an advisor to Honma, a poor track record in the later years of his Taylor Made run.

He will be replaced by John Kawaja, reports Jonathan Wall:

Honma announces EVP John Kawaja will become president of North America operations.

Per an announcement from Yum Brands, Mark King has accepted a new role as CEO of Taco Bell. Wild.

— Jonathan Wall (@jonathanrwall) July 25, 2019