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Aslam Khan, Chief Executive Officer of Falcon Holdings, LLC (DBA Church’s Chicken). Aslam Khan is a prominent restaurant executive who rose from a Team member to a turnaround artist. He left home at the age of 14. After putting himself through school, his first job was in the American Club at the U.S. Embassy in Pakistan. He ultimately became the club manager. Skilled in food and beverage service operations, Khan worked at the U.S. Embassy for about seven years before coming to the United States. He joined Church’s Chicken as a team member. He developed expertise in both operations and marketing to later enter and excel within the corporate office of a Church’s franchisee. Khan left Church’s and served a few years with KFC in Los Angeles. Returning to Church’s Chicken in 1997, he took over 48 restaurants, becoming one of the system’s largest company operations in Los Angeles. Within 2 years Khan transformed these restaurants to become the best-run stores in the Church’s system. He was named a Hometown Hero by Church’s Chicken for his success and involvement in the community. Khan was also awarded the Restaurant of the Year designation for his efforts in California. Khan then acquired a 100-unit group of Church’s restaurants in the midwest that were on the verge of bankruptcy in 1999 and turned | 