PETER W. MAY

Peter W. May

Vice Chairman

Mr. May has been a director of the Company since September 2008 when the Company commenced its current business, the ownership and franchising of the Wendy’s restaurant system. He served as a director of the Company’s predecessor companies from April 1993 until September 2008, when Wendy’s International, Inc. merged with Triarc Companies, Inc. Mr. May has served as our non-executive Senior Vice Chairman since November 2021. He previously served as our non-executive Vice Chairman from June 2007 to November 2021. He also served as our President and Chief Operating Officer and as a director or manager and an officer of certain of our subsidiaries from April 1993 through June 2007. Additionally, Mr. May has been President and a Founding Partner of Trian Partners since November 2005 and is the Chair of Trian Partners’ ESG working group. From January 1989 to April 1993, Mr. May was President and Chief Operating Officer of Trian Group, Limited Partnership. From 1983 to December 1988, he was President and Chief Operating Officer and a director of Triangle Industries, Inc.

Mr. May previously served as a director of Tiffany & Co. from May 2008 to May 2017 and Mondelēz International, Inc. from March 2018 to May 2022.

Mr. May is actively involved with various civic organizations and serves as Chairman Emeritus and a member of the board of trustees of The Mount Sinai Health System in New York, Co-Chairman of the New York Philharmonic, a trustee of the New-York Historical Society, an emeritus trustee of The University of Chicago, a life member of the advisory council of The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, a director of the Lincoln Center of the Performing Arts and a partner of the Partnership for New York City.