Gibbons New Chief Executive at Burger King

Grand Metropolitan PLC, which recently acquired Pillsbury Co., has named Barry J. Gibbons chief executive of Pillsbury’s Burger King subsidiary, succeeding Jerry Levin, who has resigned.

Gibbons had been chairman and managing director of Grand Met’s Grand Metropolitan Retailing Ltd. unit, which operates 2,000 restaurants in Europe.

The company said Ian A. Martin, Pillsbury chairman and chief executive, will succeed Levin as chairman of Burger King.