McDonald’s promotes Quintiliano to U.S. National Field President; finance leadership rotates

McDonald’s announced leadership changes that move Luis Quintiliano from Managing Director of McDonald’s Spain to U.S. National Field President and rotate two senior finance executives into new roles. The company said Loek Beckers will become Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, McDonald’s USA, and Tom Dillon will become Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance, with those finance rotations effective March 1, 2026. Myra Doria, the current U.S. National Field President, will retire in June 2026.

Quintiliano has led McDonald’s Spain since 2020 and previously served as Field Vice President for the Dallas Field Office in 2018 after six months in the Accelerated Operations Program. In a company post, McDonald’s described his work in Spain as “an outstanding tenure in Spain, sharpening the customer experience, deepening partnerships with franchisees, and delivering strong, consistent results through a restaurant-first mindset. We’re excited for him to build on those results and return to McDonald’s USA.” The company credited his leadership with steering the Spanish business back to pre-2020 revenue and then to record results amid severe inflation, rising competition, and changing consumer expectations.

Data on McDonald’s footprint in Spain during Quintiliano’s tenure show growth in restaurant counts, with store-count documents cited by reporting indicating 580 stores at the end of 2022 and 635 stores at the end of 2024. A Spanish-language company release referenced by reporting noted McDonald’s now has “more than 640 restaurants” in Spain. Those differing figures come from separate corporate documents and were reported without a single reconciled count.

The National Field President role, created in 2023 with significant input from Myra Doria, is charged with executing the company’s “Accelerating the Arches” strategy and maintaining system alignment and consistency. Doria’s career at McDonald’s dates back to 1985, when she began as a management trainee in Mabalacat City, Philippines, and later held senior operational roles including U.S. East Zone president and vice president and general manager of McOpCo’s West Division. Her planned June retirement marks the handoff of a role designed to bridge corporate strategy and field operations.

Internal messaging reproduced by MarketScreener framed the moves as part of a broader talent pipeline, saying, “Our relentless focus on fostering and developing talent has paid dividends for the System while expanding opportunities for our people. This legacy of building a world-class talent pipeline continues today as we pass the torch from one of our most storied executives to an energizing, innovative leader who will take the U.S. Field to the next level. We are also strengthening and evolving our world-class Finance leadership through a leadership transition between Tom Dillon and Loek Beckers.”

For workers and franchisees, the changes signal continuity in operational priorities while elevating a leader known for franchisee partnerships and a restaurant-first approach. The finance rotation aims to broaden senior leaders’ experience, which may affect capital allocation and reporting priorities at the U.S. level. Next steps for reporting include confirmation of Quintiliano’s exact start date in the U.S. role and comment from the executives involved as the March 1 finance transitions and Doria’s June retirement approach.