Lea Anne Ottinger has sold BJRI and made no open-market buys since Aug 2018

Lea Anne S. Ottinger is a director and board chair at BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ: BJRI) and a long‑time corporate insider of the company.( She joined BJ’s board as an independent director in 2010 and has since taken on the role of Chairman of the Board (Chair) beginning in 2024.( In this capacity, she provides board leadership and strategic oversight for the casual dining chain, drawing on extensive experience in consumer, retail, and private equity–backed businesses.(

Ottinger is the founder and managing partner of LMR Advisors, a strategic business consulting firm she has led since 1998 with a focus on mergers and acquisitions and growth strategies.( Her earlier career includes serving as Vice President at Berkshire Partners LLC and Vice President at Thomas H. Lee Capital LLC, as well as owning and operating several The Body Shop franchise locations, where she also served as a national franchisee representative.( She has held board roles at Savers, Inc., Bare Escentuals, Inc., and other consumer-focused companies, and she holds an undergraduate degree from Stanford University.(

Written by Perplexity from public sources.