DALLAS — TGI Fridays has selected longtime board member Weldon Spangler to take over as its new chief executive officer. Spangler succeeds Brandon Coleman, who was CEO since August. Coleman is stepping down for personal reasons, according to the company.

With a background in the restaurant industry, Spangler has worked in areas such as customer experience, store operations and marketing at Subway, Papa Murphy’s, Dunkin’ Brands and Starbucks.

According to LinkedIn, Spangler has been a board member of TGI Fridays since Sept. 2019.

The move was made with Rohit Manocha, co-founder of TriArtisan Captial, the private equity firm and the controlling shareholder of TGI Fridays with various experiences in the restaurant sector. Manocha will continue to work closely with Spangler and the team at TGI Fridays in his role as active chairman at the company.

“I thank Rohit and the board for their trust in me and look forward to working closely with the board on executing on our new growth-oriented business plan focused on revitalizing TGI Fridays,” Spangler said. “We are a well-loved brand around the world, which is a strong foundation on which to build our business and brand.”

Currently, there are 700 TGI Fridays locations in 51 countries.