Papa John’s Names Subway's Karlin Linhardt Global CMO

Shaquille O’Neal is joining the struggling pizza chain as a brand ambassador

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Papa John’s is getting a new marketing chief. The pizza chain has announced the appointment of Karlin Linhardt as its new global CMO.

Linhardt is filling a position that has been vacant during a tumultuous time for the brand; former CMO Brandon Rhoten departed last May after just a year in the job. 

From early 2017 until 2018, Linhardt served as the senior vice president of marketing for North America for Subway, where he “led brand management and guest experience for 30,000 restaurants and designed the company’s global brand transformation plan,” according to a statement.

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