Haydee Olinger
Vice President & Chief Compliance Officer
McDonald’s Corporation

Haydee Olinger is Vice President – Chief Compliance Officer at McDonald’s Corporation where she is responsible for overseeing the Company’s global compliance and privacy efforts. Under her leadership, McDonald’s has built upon its strong ethical culture and has enhanced its compliance efforts worldwide by creating policies to institutionalize and encourage appropriate behavior.

Haydee has a distinguished background with the world’s largest restaurant organization beginning her career in 1984 responsible for new restaurant development in three regional offices and Puerto Rico. As a Staff Director, in 1990 she was responsible for Asset Management for all of McDonald’s U.S. regional markets. In 1993, she became Home Office Director in the International Legal Department where she provided leadership and strategic direction in the delivery of legal services in multiple practice areas. She was instrumental in McDonald’s entry into and development of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guadeloupe, Honduras, Martinique, Mexico, Paraguay and Peru. She also provided legal advice and counsel to Central and South America, the Caribbean, Greece and Turkey while participating in the development of McDonald’s strategies for growth in Latin America. 1n 1999, Haydee became the Division General Counsel for the former Great Lakes Division of McDonald’s Corporation responsible for the legal services of more than 2,500 restaurants that generated more than $4 billion in sales.

She received a Bachelor of Science in Commerce degree in management and business administration from DePaul University College of Commerce and her law degree from DePaul University College of Law. She is currently pursing a Master’s Degree from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA in Leadership and Business Ethics. She is admitted to practice in the State of Illinois and a member of the American Bar Association.

Haydee has served as a board member on the McDonald’s Hispanic Leadership Committee since 1989 and is the former Treasurer for the Board of the Directors of the National Hispana Leadership Institute in Washington, DC. She also serves on the Northern Illinois University College of Business Board of Executive Advisors. In 2004 she was the recipient of the DuPage Association of Women Lawyers Glass Ceiling Buster Award.