Subway has hired a former Burger King executive as its new CEO.

The Miami-based sandwich chain said that Jonathan Fitzpatrick will join the company on Monday.

Fitzpatrick is the first CEO hired since Subway was bought by the private equity firm Roark Capital in 2024, and Roark didn’t have to look far to find him.

Since 2012, Fitzpatrick has been the president and CEO of Driven Brands, which also is owned by Roark. Driven Brands is the parent company of auto service brands such as Meineke Car Care Centers and Maaco.

Before joining Driven Brands, Fitzpatrick held multiple senior leadership positions at Burger King, including executive vice president.

Subway was founded in 1965 and still was owned by its founding families when it was purchased by Roark.

When Roark bought Subway, it said it planned to continue to modernize restaurants and expand internationally. It left in place Subway’s CEO John Chidsey, who was the first nonfamily member to lead Subway when he joined the company in 2019. Chidsey retired late last year.

Roark, which is known for its expertise in restaurant management, backs two holding companies that own multiple restaurant chains: Inspire Brands, the parent of Arby’s, Dunkin’, Jimmy John’s, Sonic and Buffalo Wild Wings; and GoTo Foods, which owns Auntie Anne’s, Carvel, Cinnabon and Jamba.

In June, Roark bought Dave’s Hot Chicken in a deal valued at $1 billion.