Michael Lawton

Michael T. Lawton

Chair of the Board

Michael Lawton, who has been a director since 2013, currently serves as our non-executive Chairman of the Board. Prior to becoming Chairman, Mr. Lawton served as our independent Lead Director since 2021. Mr. Lawton retired from Domino’s Pizza, Inc., where he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and previously served in various management roles, including interim Chief Information Officer, and Executive Vice President of International.  Prior to joining Domino’s, Mr. Lawton was Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Gerber Products Company, now a subsidiary of Nestle S.A.  Mr. Lawton began his career at Ernst & Whinney, now Ernst & Young.  He also serves on the board of Universal Corporation.