Kevin Mayer

Chief Strategy Officer, 
The Walt Disney Company

Kevin Mayer

Chief Strategy Officer, 
The Walt Disney Company

Biography

Kevin E. Mayer has been Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President of BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. since July 2014. Prior to joining BJ’s Restaurants, Mr. Mayer was employed by Volkswagen of America, the U.S. subsidiary of the second largest global auto brand, Volkswagen AG, where he served as Vice President of Marketing from June 2012 to December 2013. From October 2010 to June 2012, Mr. Mayer was employed by General Motors and served as their Director of Global Advertising and Promotions for Chevrolet. Prior to that, Mr. Mayer served as the Director of Marketing Communications for Subaru of America from March 2007 to October 2010. Early in his career, he served in a variety of agency and client-side leadership roles such as Grey Advertising