Kenneth A. Cutshaw

Kenneth A. Cutshaw serves as Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, Secretary, Chief Compliance Officer and an equity owner of Cajun Operating Company, a private company based in Atlanta, Georgia USA. Cajun is the franchisor and operator of Church’s Chicken and Texas Chicken restaurants globally. Cutshaw manages the legal affairs of the Company and is responsible for global expansion of the Brands. Cutshaw serves as President of Cajun UK, Ltd and President of CT Restaurants LP for Texas based Church’s restaurants. Church’s was established in San Antonio, Texas in 1952. Church’s Chicken™ is a recognized brand name in the QSR sector with 1,700 locations worldwide in 21 countries and territories, with system sales exceeding $1.3 billion. Cutshaw has professional experience in a wide spectrum of work experiences, including entrepreneurial ventures, management, foreign policy, law, business, academic and politics. He was formerly a partner with Holland & Knight, LLP, one of the larger law firms in the world. His law practice focused on global business transactions.

Mr. Cutshaw served as Honorary Consul for India in the United States. He is a Global Dean, co-founder, and co-owner of Georgian American University (founded 2004 in Tbilisi, Georgia). He has served as an Adjunct Professor at Emory University, Georgia Tech and Georgia State University teaching global business to graduate students. Cutshaw is past Chairman of the Advisory Board for the Center for Global Business Leadership at Georgia State, which was established in 2003. Mr. Cutshaw is recognized for his expertise with World expositions. He served as an adviser to the Bureau of International Expositions, a treaty organization in Paris France responsible for sanctioning World Expositions. He serves as Chairman of The American Council of Young Political Leaders (ACYPL), an NGO established in 1966 that has introduced thousands of young political leaders in over 50 countries to the political process. He serves as a founding Director for the non-profit ICA (India, China, America) Institute, Friends of India, and other non-profit NGOs. He is an organizer of the India Council of Young Political Leaders. He serves on several non-profit Boards of Directors. He has served on Boards for the US-Indian American Chamber, the Georgia Indian American Chamber and others Indian groups. He served on the Bush Administration Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy. He has served in the China Research Center advisory board since 2003

Cutshaw began his professional career in 1978. In 1985, he accepted a political appointment to serve six years with the Administrations of President Ronald Reagan and President George H. W. Bush at the U.S. Commerce Department in various international trade positions involving export/import regulatory programs. Mr. Cutshaw served as Deputy and Acting Assistant Secretary overseeing and managing the Export Enforcement program of the Commerce Department. Prior to U.S. Government political appointment, Mr. Cutshaw served as Senior Counsel for The 1982 World's Fair, Senior Attorney for the Tennessee Legislature, Manager of a U.S. Senate Campaign (1984 Senate campaign for Republican Victor Ashe vs. Democrat Al Gore) and assistant in a Tennessee District Attorney General office. He began working in his family business at a young age by delivering food products to customers in East Tennessee.

Cutshaw received a Master of Laws international studies degree from American University (1987), a J.D. in business law from The University of Tennessee (1978), and a B.A. in public administration from The University of Tennessee (1975). Cutshaw graduated from the Executive Education course at India Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) and Duke University for Global Leaders Management program in 2007. Cutshaw received two academic scholarships during College. He has taught MBA courses for two decades.