GEN Restaurant Group Appoints Luke A. Hewko as Chief Financial Officer, Succeeding Retiring Thomas V. Croal

GEN Restaurant Group, Inc. appointed Luke A. Hewko, CPA, as Chief Financial Officer, principal financial officer, and principal accounting officer effective June 1, 2026. He succeeds Thomas V. Croal, who is retiring following a planned CFO succession process.

The company announced the change on June 3, 2026. "This was a planned leadership transition, and we are grateful to Tom for his service, leadership, and partnership," said David Kim, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GEN. "Luke is exactly the finance leader we wanted for GEN's next chapter.

He built a direct-to-consumer e-commerce business from the ground up into the foundation for a platform that grew to more than $100 million in annual revenue, then built a finance organization and led it through a successful sale to a Nasdaq-listed buyer. " Mr. Hewko most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of Westcliff Technologies, Inc.

The company said he joins at a pivotal moment as GEN extends its brand beyond the dining room into consumer packaged goods, retail, and online commerce. His appointment brings finance leadership to build the systems, reporting, inventory controls, and margin visibility that scalable, multi-channel growth requires.

As part of this next chapter, GEN expects to continue building out its leadership team, including hiring additional executives to lead and scale its consumer packaged goods division.

The company operates GEN Korean BBQ restaurants under the ticker GENK.