# Alejandra Gonzalez

> Alejandra Gonzalez is the Chief Marketing Officer for KFC Latin America & Caribbean at Yum! Brands, based in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale area. She grew up in El Salvador, paid for her own degree working at a bank after her father lost his job, and talked her way into a Coca-Cola management role with English she picked up watching sitcoms. Across two decades she has run brand and marketing for Kimberly-Clark, SABMiller, Brinker International's Chili's, and Yum!'s Pizza Hut before taking the marketing helm at KFC's fried-chicken empire across the region.

- **Role:** Chief Marketing Officer at KFC Latin America & Caribbean, Yum! Brands
- **Organizations:** Yum! Brands, KFC Latin America & Caribbean, Pizza Hut Latin America & Iberia, Brinker International, The Coca-Cola Company, Kimberly-Clark, SABMiller
- **From:** El Salvador
- **Nationality:** Salvadoran
- **Education:** MBA, International Management, Marketing & Finance, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
- **Known for:** Leads marketing for KFC across roughly 40 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, Built a two-decade marketing career spanning Coca-Cola, Kimberly-Clark, SABMiller, Chili's, Pizza Hut and KFC, Featured speaker at Local Profile's 20th Annual Women in Business Virtual Summit (2021)

## Career timeline

- **~2000** — Starts working at a bank in El Salvador to pay for her own degree after her father loses his job
- **early career** — Joins The Coca-Cola Company in a management role, interviewing with English learned from watching Friends
- **career** — Holds brand and account roles at Kimberly-Clark and SABMiller across Latin America
- **2009-2011** — Earns an MBA in International Management, Marketing & Finance in Barcelona
- **pre-2020** — Director of Marketing Calendar & Pipeline at Brinker International, leading innovation and promotions for Chili's Grill & Bar
- **2020** — Joins Yum! Brands as Director of Marketing, Innovation & Partnerships for Pizza Hut Latin America & Iberia
- **recent** — Named Chief Marketing Officer for KFC Latin America & Caribbean, leading brand across ~40 countries

## Achievements

- Leads marketing for KFC across roughly 40 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Built a two-decade marketing career spanning Coca-Cola, Kimberly-Clark, SABMiller, Chili's, Pizza Hut and KFC
- Featured speaker at Local Profile's 20th Annual Women in Business Virtual Summit (2021)
- Self-funded her university education while working full time at a bank in El Salvador

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Serving as Chief Marketing Officer for KFC Latin America & Caribbean at Yum! Brands, based in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale area.

## Links

- Website: https://www.yum.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alejandra-gonzalez-21b49540
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUqzTAJVHzk

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Last updated: 2026-08-21