Bruno Cardinali - Brand Innovators

Bruno Cardinali

Chief Marketing Officer, North America, Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen

Bruno Cardinali is the North America Marketing Chief for Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen since March 2019. He led the launch of Popeyes Chicken Sandwich that sparked the famous Chicken Sandwich Wars, which through several successful campaigns become the biggest launch in QSR history. Prior to joining Popeyes, Bruno was the Head of Marketing for Latin America for Burger King, also part of the RBI portfolio. And prior to joining RBI, Bruno held several marketing roles at Unilever in Brazil, Mexico, Australia and United States for nearly 15 years. Beyond the recent success of Popeyes’ Chicken Sandwich, Bruno led many other award-winning campaigns like “Traffic Jam Whopper” in Mexico and has been recognized with several marketing awards for innovation & advertising. Bruno graduated from FAAP, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, with a degree in Advertising & Communications.