Robert M. Lynch (born 1976) is an American businessman and former CEO of Papa John's Pizza.[1][2] He was announced as the new CEO to replace CEO Steve Ritchie in August 2019. Ritchie was the successor to founder John Schnatter[3] Lynch had previously served as the president of Arby's, famously spearheading the chain's “We Have the Meats” campaign.[4][5][6] He was recently named the CEO of Shake Shack.