On January 15, 2020, BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. (the "Company') announced that, effective January 1, 2020, Jacob J. Guild was appointed as the Company’s Sr. Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer and assumed responsibility as the Company's principal accounting officer from Gregory Levin, who will continue his role as the Company's President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Guild has served as the Company's Vice President, Controller since September 2015. From April 2012 to September 2015, Mr. Guild served as Global Controller of BakerCorp, Inc., a privately held industrial equipment rental and service company. From September 2004 to April 2012, Mr. Guild was employed by Universal Electronics, Inc. which designs, develops, manufactures and ships universal control and sensing technologies for the smart home, with his last position as Corporate Controller. Earlier in his career, he served in the audit practice of KPMG LLP.