Biography

John “Jack” F. Tierney was appointed to the position of chief financial officer of DineEquity in February 2009. Mr. Tierney is responsible for the accounting, finance, and internal audit departments of the Company as well as financial oversight of the Applebee’s and IHOP businesses.

Mr. Tierney, a Certified Public Accountant, has for the past three decades served in a variety of senior finance roles including chief financial officer, controller and chief accounting officer for both domestic and international companies. He most recently served as CFO of The Dial Corporation, a $1.5 billion laundry, home care, beauty and personal care products business. During his tenure at Dial, Mr. Tierney also held responsibilities for product supply and information technology. He joined Dial in 1999 prior to its acquisition by Henkel KGaA. Prior to Dial, Mr. Tierney served as chief financial officer at both Global Passenger Services and Brother Industries. Earlier in his career, he served in Controller positions at Perdue Farms and Nestle USA and Treasury positions at Reuters and Gulf Oil. Following Chevron’s acquisition of Gulf Oil, Mr. Tierney helped successfully managed Chevron’s $13 billion debt portfolio.

Mr. Tierney has a BBA and an MBA from Temple University.