McDonald’s chief executive officer Steve Easterbrook has left the company after violating company policy by engaging in a consensual relationship with an employee, the corporation said in a statement on Sunday.
The board stated that Easterbrook, 52, who had led McDonald’s since 2015, had “demonstrated poor judgment” involving the relationship. However, Mr. Easterbrook calls the violation of policy as a mistake and respect the company’s decision.
His departure was among the most significant in corporate America in the past several years over relationships deemed inappropriate.
