Shake Shack CFO Katherine Fogertey to leave

Shake Shack has confirmed that its main fiscal serviceman (CFO), Katherine Fogertey, volition exit the institution connected 4 March 2026.

She volition modulation into the presumption of a elder advisor with contiguous effect, supporting the handover to her successor.

Fogertey stated: “I americium incredibly arrogant of each that we person achieved unneurotic during my clip arsenic CFO, including doubling our footprint and implementing meaningful improvements to our concern model.

“We person built a coagulated instauration that volition assistance powerfulness Shake Shack’s robust maturation accidental for galore years to come.”

The institution volition statesman the hunt for a caller CFO immediately.

As portion of the succession process, Shake Shack is mounting up an bureau of the CFO made up of long-serving leaders from fiscal planning, accounting, treasury, information subject and capitalist relations.

The caller operation volition support stableness and continuity of fiscal enactment to the concern portion the recruitment process is nether way.

Shake Shack CEO Rob Lynch stated: “Katie has made a meaningful and affirmative interaction connected Shake Shack, helping america navigate pivotal moments of maturation and transition.

“We are grateful for her important contributions to the strategical and fiscal maturation of our institution and privation her continued occurrence successful each that comes next. We besides person afloat assurance successful the experienced squad of leaders who volition usher the recently established Office of the CFO successful the interim arsenic we statesman our search."

Alongside the enactment update, Shake Shack reiterated the guidance it issued successful October 2025 for the 4th fourth (Q4) and afloat twelvemonth 2025, arsenic good arsenic its three‑year fiscal goals.

For Q4 to 31 December 2025, the institution continues to forecast full gross successful the scope of $406m to $412m, with licensing gross betwixt $15.4m and $15.7m.

Same‑Shack income are forecast to emergence by a debased single‑digit percent compared with the aforesaid play a twelvemonth earlier.

For the 2025 fiscal twelvemonth ending 31 December 2025, Shake Shack continues to task full gross of astir $1.45bn, representing maturation of16% year-on-year.

Licensing gross is expected to beryllium betwixt $54.1m and $54.5m.

The institution is maintaining guidance for adjusted net earlier interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation successful the scope of $210m to $215m for fiscal twelvemonth 2025.

The group’s three‑year targets are unchanged.

Shake Shack is aiming for full gross maturation and system‑wide portion enlargement some successful the low‑teens percent range.

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