Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Ramon L. Laguarta
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Ramon Laguarta is the Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo.
Ramon, a 25-year PepsiCo veteran, has served as CEO since 2018, and Chairman of the Board since 2019. As Chairman and CEO, he has begun pivoting the company toward accelerated growth, embracing a new corporate mission—to Create More Smiles with Every Sip and Every Bite—and adopting a new vision that captures PepsiCo’s competitive spir...
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Jim Andrew is Executive Vice President, Chief Sustainability Officer for PepsiCo.
Mr. Andrew joined PepsiCo in 2016 and currently leads pep+, PepsiCo’s holistic transformation agenda with sustainability at the center, including the strategic framework, governance, and integrated plans and goals for all of PepsiCo. He also ensures that sustainability is woven into the operating plans of all Business Units. Prior to this role, he ...
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Jamie Caulfield assumed the role of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of PepsiCo in December 2023, overseeing financial planning and analysis, accounting and controllership, mergers and acquisitions, treasury, tax, investor relations and internal audit.
Jamie’s career with PepsiCo spans more than 30 years. Most recently, he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of PepsiCo Foods North Ameri...
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Rachel Ferdinando is the Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo U.S. Foods.
As the CEO of U.S. Foods, Rachel Ferdinando leads a core division of PepsiCo’s business in North America, which generated more than $21 billion in net revenue in 2023 across its snack and convenient foods business. With more than 60,000 associates and 500 locations across the United States, she oversees a diverse and iconic portfolio of brands including Lay’s...
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David Flavell is Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of PepsiCo.
David assumed the role of Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary in March 2021, and he leads the company’s worldwide Law, Compliance and Ethics and Global Security functions as well as being responsible for global crisis management and management of the PepsiCo board of directors.
David joined PepsiCo i...
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Athina Kanioura is Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer at PepsiCo.
An accomplished innovator and transformation leader, Kanioura oversees PepsiCo’s end-to-end strategy to win both as a total company and in key markets, including our digitalization strategy. She also leads company-wide transformation—ensuring that our scale is leveraged as we focus on accelerating profitable growth and identifying...
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Stephen Kehoe is Executive Vice President, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer of PepsiCo and Chairman of the Board of Directors, PepsiCo Foundation. Kehoe assumed his current role in May 2023. He serves on the leadership team of the company and is responsible for driving an integrated global agenda across Communications, Government Affairs, Public Policy and the PepsiCo Foundation. His current position marks a return to the company after ...
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As the CEO of PepsiCo Beverages North America (PBNA), Ram Krishnan oversees all aspects of PepsiCo’s beverage business in North America, which generated more than $27 billion in net revenue in 2023, as well as Global Foodservice. With 60,000 associates and 400 locations across the United States and Canada, PBNA’s iconic portfolio of beverages includes Pepsi, Gatorade, bubly, MTN DEW, STARRY, Starbucks ready- to-drink coffee, LIFEWTR, L...
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Dr. René Lammers is Executive Vice President and Chief Science Officer for PepsiCo. As head of Research and Development (R&D), René spearheads forward-thinking strategies across innovation, research and development for PepsiCo’s global food...
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Roberto P. Martínez is PepsiCo’s International Chief Commercial Officer and CEO of New Revenue Streams. In this role, Roberto oversees our International Commercial Organization in support of the company’s strategic growth initiatives to strengthen our ecosystem of growth. This includes Customer Strategy, Revenue Management, DX, Perfect Store, Go-to-Market Strategy and driving adoption to capture value from GTM digital solutions.&n...
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Silviu Popovici is the Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo Europe, Middle East and Africa. In his role, Silviu oversees PepsiCo's operating units within the Europe, Middle East and Africa Foods Region, including Pakistan and the company owned bottling operations.
Previous to his current role, Silviu served as Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo Europe from August 2019 to December 2024. Prior to that assignment, he served as Presid...
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Gregg Roden is Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer of PepsiCo, responsible for Global Supply Chain and Operations, leading North America and International Supply Chains, Global Procurement, and Global Employee Health & Safety. Working across a complex operating environment that is evolving rapidly, Gregg has consistently demonstrated the ability to find innovative solutions that enhance our operational capabilitie...
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Paula Santilli is PepsiCo's Chief Executive Officer, Latin America Foods, overseeing the operating units within the LatAm Foods Region accountable for over 80,000 direct jobs across 34 markets.
Prior to her current role, Paula served as the Chie...
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Becky Schmitt is a seasoned HR executive with more than 25 years of leadership experience, currently serving as the Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer (CPO) at PepsiCo.
Under her leadership, PepsiCo's global HR organization thrives, advancing the company's mission to attract top talent and future-proof its workforce.
Since joining PepsiCo in 2023, Becky has spearheaded numerous initiatives that underscore her...
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Anne Tse is the Chief Executive Officer of APAC, leading one of PepsiCo’s fastest-growing and highly dynamic businesses across Asia Pacific, Australia/New Zealand, and Greater China.
As CEO of APAC, Anne puts driving accelerated growth and category leadership, as well as building transformational organization capabilities at the core of her agenda.
Since joining PepsiCo in 2010, Anne has held numerous key positions. Prior t...
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Jane Wakely is Executive Vice President, Chief Consumer and Marketing Officer and Chief Growth Officer, International Foods at PepsiCo.
Jane oversees PepsiCo’s Global Consumer organization across our brand portfolio, which includes R&D, Marketing, Insights, Design and Category Strategy. She will also lead our International Foods Global Group in support of PepsiCo’s efforts
to accelerate growth in this fast growing strateg...
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Eugene Willemsen
Chief Executive Officer, International Beverages
Eugene Willemsen currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer, International Beverages. In this role Eugene is responsible for our Beverage businesses and interests outside of North America. Eugene is also responsible for our SodaStream business and “Beyond the Bottle” beverage options. He also provides oversight to our foods business in India. Since joining PepsiCo in 1995, he has built a track record for harnessing the power of di...
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Steven Williams is the Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo North America, overseeing a more than $48 billion business that spans PepsiCo’s Foods and Beverage operating units. His leadership encompasses more than 125,000 associates and over 900 locations across the U.S. and Canada. Steven joined PepsiCo in 2001 as part of PepsiCo’s acquisition of the Quaker Oats Company, which he joined in 1997, and has held leadership positions of incre...
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Segun Agbaje has served since 2021 as Group Chief Executive Officer of Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc (GTCO Plc), a Nigerian multinational financial institution. He previously served as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Guaranty Trust Bank plc from 2011 to 2021. He joined Guaranty Trust Bank as a pioneer staff member in 1991 and held positions of increasing responsibility, including as Executive Director from 2000 to...
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Jennifer Bailey has served as Vice President, Internet Services, Apple Pay at Apple Inc., an American multinational technology company, since 2014. Ms. Bailey oversaw the launches of: Apple Pay, Apple’s transformative category of mobile payments services which is available in more than 80 countries; Apple Wallet, which now enables millions of customers to securely store and access transit cards, mobile IDs, digital keys, loyalty cards,...
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Cesar Conde is Chairman of the NBCUniversal News Group, part of a global media and entertainment company, since 2020.
Under Conde’s leadership, NBCUniversal News Group has increased its position as the most-viewed news organization in America, reaching about seven in 10 American adults each month across its broadcast, cable, streaming and digital platforms. After
making substantial investments in digital and streaming, the Ne...
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Ian Cook served as a director of Colgate-Palmolive Company, a multinational consumer products company, from 2007 to 2020, as its Chairman from 2009 to 2019 and as its Executive Chairman from 2019 until his retirement in 2020. Mr. Cook joined Colgate-Palmolive in the United Kingdom in 1976 and progressed through a series of senior management roles around the world. In 2002, he became Executive Vice President, North America and Europe. I...
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Edith W. Cooper
Former Executive Vice President and Global Head, Human Capital Management, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
Edith W. Cooper has spent over two decades of her career with The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., including as Executive Vice President and Global Head, Human Capital Management from 2011 to 2017 and Managing Director and Global Head, Human Capital Management from 2008 to 2011. Ms. Cooper is currently a Senior Director at Goldman Sachs. She began her career in derivative sales at Morgan Stanley from 1991 to 1996 and Bankers Trust Company fr...
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Susan M. Diamond previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Humana Inc., an integrated health and wellness company, from 2021 to January 2025, and currently serves in an advisory role at Humana. Ms. Diamond previously served as President, Home Solutions of Humana from 2019 to 2021 and Senior Vice President, Medicare of Humana from 2017 to 2019. Ms. Diamond joined Humana in 2006 and has spent the majority of her career in various f...
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Dina Dublon
Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, JP Morgan Chase & Co.
Dina Dublon served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at JPMorgan Chase & Co., a leading global financial services company, from 1998 until her retirement in 2004. In this role, she was responsible for global financial management, corporate treasury, tax and investor relations. Ms. Dublon previously held numerous positions at JPMorgan Chase and its predecessor companies, including corporate treasurer, managing ...
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Michelle Gass has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Levi Strauss & Co. since 2024. Ms. Gass previously served as President of Levi’s in 2023. Prior to joining Levi's, Ms. Gass served as Chief Executive Officer and a director of Kohl’s Corporation, a leading omnichannel retailer, from 2018 to 2022 and as its Chief Executive Officer-elect and Chief Merchandising & Customer Officer from 2017 to 2018, Chief Merchan...
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Sir Dave J. Lewis
Former Group Chief Executive Officer, Tesco PLC; Chair, Haleon plc; Chairman, XLinks
Sir Dave J. Lewis served as Group Chief Executive Officer of Tesco PLC, a multinational grocery and general merchandise retailer, from 2014 until 2020. Prior to joining Tesco, he served in a variety of management positions with Unilever PLC, a global consumer products company, from 1987 to 2014, including a variety of leadership roles in Europe, Asia and the Americas, including as President, Personal Care from 2011 to 2014; Presid...
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David C. Page
Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Former Director and President, the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
David C. Page, MD is a professor of biology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, an independent non-profit research and educational institute affiliated with MIT and an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. His research focuses on the genetic and molecular differences between males and females, and the roles that these differences play in health and disease. He served...
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Robert C. Pohlad
President of various family-owned entities; Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PepsiAmericas, Inc.
Robert C. Pohlad has served since 1987 as President and Chief Executive Officer of Pohlad Holdings, a company of various family-owned entities which operate multiple businesses across a number of industries, including commercial real estate, automation and robotic engineering, and sports and entertainment. From 2002 until its acquisition by PepsiCo in 2010, Mr. Pohlad was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PepsiAmericas, Inc., an ...
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Daniel Vasella, MD served as Chairman of Novartis AG, a global innovative healthcare solutions company, from 1999 to 2013 and as Chief Executive Officer of Novartis AG from 1996 to 2010. From 1992 to 1996, Dr. Vasella held the positions of Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Senior Vice President and Head of Worldwide Development and Head of Corporate Marketing at Sandoz Pharma Ltd. He also served at Sandoz Pharmaceutica...
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Darren Walker has served since 2013 as President of the Ford Foundation, a philanthropic organization, and as its Vice President for Education, Creativity and Free Expression from 2010 to 2013. Prior to the Ford Foundation, Mr. Walker joined the Rockefeller Foundation, a philanthropic organization, in 2002 and served as a Vice President responsible for foundation initiatives from 2005 to 2010. From 1995 to 2002, he was the Chief Operat...
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Alberto Weisser served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bunge Limited, a global food, commodity and agribusiness company, from 1999 until mid-2013 and as Executive Chairman until late-2013. Mr. Weisser previously served as Bunge’s Chief Financial Officer from 1993 to 1999. Previously, Mr. Weisser worked at BASF Group, a chemical company, in various finance-related positions. He also served as a Senior Advisor at Lazard Ltd. f...
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Our business strategy and affairs are overseen by our board of directors comprised of one executive director and 14 independent directors. Only independent directors make up our four board committees: Audit; Compensation; Nominating and Corporate Governance; and Sustainability and Public Policy.
Executive Vice President, Chief Sustainability Officer
Jim Andrew
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Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Jamie Caulfield
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Chief Executive Officer, U.S. Foods
Rachel Ferdinando
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Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
David Flavell
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Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer
Athina Kanioura
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Executive Vice President, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors, PepsiCo Foundation
Stephen Kehoe
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Chief Executive Officer, U.S. Beverages
Ram Krishnan
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Executive Vice President and Chief Science Officer
René Lammers
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International Chief Commercial Officer and CEO of New Revenue Streams
Roberto P. Martínez
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Chief Executive Officer, Europe, Middle East and Africa
Silviu Popovici
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Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer
Gregg Roden
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Chief Executive Officer, Latin America Foods
Paula Santilli
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Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer
Becky Schmitt
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Chief Executive Officer, Asia Pacific
Anne Tse
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Executive Vice President, Chief Consumer and Marketing Officer and Chief Growth Officer, International Foods
Jane Wakely
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Chief Executive Officer, International Beverages
Eugene Willemsen
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Chief Executive Officer, North America
Steven Williams
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Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Ramon L. Laguarta
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Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Jamie Caulfield
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Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
David Flavell
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Chief Executive Officer, U.S. Beverages
Ram Krishnan
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Chief Executive Officer, Europe, Middle East and Africa
Silviu Popovici
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Chief Executive Officer, Latin America Foods
Paula Santilli
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Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer
Becky Schmitt
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Chief Executive Officer, International Beverages
Eugene Willemsen
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Chief Executive Officer, North America
Steven Williams
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PepsiCo Executive Officers subject to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Ramon L. Laguarta
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Group Chief Executive Officer, Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc (GTCO Plc)
Segun Agbaje
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Vice President, Internet Services, Apple Pay, Apple, Inc.
Jennifer Bailey
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Chairman, NBCUniversal News Group
Cesar Conde
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Former Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Colgate-Palmolive Company
Ian Cook
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Former Executive Vice President and Global Head, Human Capital Management, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
Edith W. Cooper
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Former Chief Financial Officer, Humana Inc.
Susan M. Diamond
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Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, JP Morgan Chase & Co.
Dina Dublon
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President and Chief Executive Officer, Levi Strauss & Co.
Michelle Gass
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Former Group Chief Executive Officer, Tesco PLC; Chair, Haleon plc; Chairman, XLinks
Sir Dave J. Lewis
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Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Former Director and President, the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
David C. Page
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President of various family-owned entities; Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PepsiAmericas, Inc.
Robert C. Pohlad
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Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Novartis AG
Daniel Vasella
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President, Ford Foundation
Darren Walker
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Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Bunge Limited
Alberto Weisser
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Audit committee
Alberto Weisser, Chairman
Segun Agbaje
Jennifer Bailey
Edith W. Cooper
Susan M. Diamond
Compensation Committee
Cesar Conde, Chairman
Dina Dublon
David C. Page
Robert C. Pohlad
Daniel Vasella
Nominating and Corporate
Governance Committee
Governance Committee
Robert C. Pohlad, Chairman
Cesar Conde
Ian Cook
Daniel Vasella
Darren Walker
Sustainability and Public Policy Committee
Darren Walker, Chairman
Dina Dublon
Michelle Gass
Dave J. Lewis
David C. Page
