Zein Abdalla

President, PepsiCo

Zein Abdalla is president of PepsiCo, a global food and beverage leader with net revenues of more than $65 billion and a product portfolio that includes 22 brands that generate more than $1 billion each in annual retail sales. PepsiCo’s main businesses – Quaker, Tropicana, Gatorade, Frito-Lay and Pepsi-Cola – make hundreds of enjoyable foods and beverages that are loved throughout the world.

Abdalla assumed this role in September 2012 and oversees all of PepsiCo's global category groups (Global Beverages, Global Snacks and Global Nutrition), Global Operations (IT, Global Procurement, Supply Chain and Productivity), Global Marketing Services and Corporate Strategy. Working with the geographic business units, Abdalla’s team will drive innovation and brand building while significantly reducing the overall cost structure of the company.

Abdalla joined PepsiCo in 1995 and has served in a number of senior leadership positions during his time with the company. Most recently he was chief executive officer of PepsiCo Europe, responsible for PepsiCo’s food and beverage businesses in Continental Europe as well as the UK and sub-Sahara Africa, which together generated nearly $14 billion in revenues in 2011.

Prior to serving as CEO of PepsiCo Europe, Abdalla held several leadership positions of increasing responsibility, including general manager, Europe beverage business unit; general manager, Tropicana Europe; and Franchise vice president, Pakistan and the Gulf region. He also led the complete portfolio of PepsiCo businesses in Europe.

Before joining PepsiCo, Abdalla worked for Mars, Inc.

Abdalla is based in Purchase, NY.

Education:
  • BSc (Hons.), (Electrical Engineering), Imperial College, London University, London

Affiliations and Appointments:
  • Board of Directors, American Beverage Association (2013-present)
  • Board of Directors, The TJX, Inc. (2012-present)
  • President, Union of European Beverages Associations, UNESDA (2011-2012), Member (2003-2012)
  • Board of Directors, FoodDrinkEurope (formerly CIAA) (2006-2013)

Saad Abdul-Latif

Chief Executive Officer, PepsiCo Asia, Middle East, Africa

Saad Abdul-Latif is Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo Asia, Middle East and Africa. PepsiCo is a global food and beverage leader with net revenues of more than $65 billion and a product portfolio that includes 22 brands that generate more than $1 billion each in annual retail sales. PepsiCo’s main businesses – Quaker, Tropicana, Gatorade, Frito-Lay and Pepsi-Cola – make hundreds of enjoyable foods and beverages that are loved throughout the world.

Mr. Abdul-Latif assumed his current role in September 2008, and is responsible for PepsiCo’s Asia, Middle East and Africa sector – a business unit comprised of the company’s food and beverage businesses in the region, generating $7.4 billion in annual revenues in 2011 and spanning more than 90 countries and almost three-fourths of the world’s population.

A 30-year PepsiCo veteran, Mr. Abdul-Latif has held a wide range of international roles in the corporation's food and beverage businesses since joining the company in 1982. Among his roles, he has served as general manager for PepsiCo beverages in the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan, area vice president for the Saudi Arabia and Gulf region, group vice president for Frito-Lay Middle East and general manager for the Middle East region.

Mr. Abdul-Latif is an active supporter of causes related to the Millennium Development Goals. He is the founder of PepsiCo’s Tomooh education program, of which the World Food Programme is a partner, and he has shepherded PepsiCo’s benefactor sponsorship of the Arab International Women’s Forum. He sits on the board of PlaNet Finance, an organization which fights poverty through the development of microfinance, and is the former chairperson of World Links–Arab Region, which leverages information and communication technology to educate youth in developing countries.

Mr. Abdul-Latif holds a Masters degree in international management (MIM) from the Thunderbird School of Global Management in Arizona and a BA in Public Administration from the American University of Beirut.

Grace Puma Whiteford

Senior Vice President & Chief Procurement Officer, PepsiCo

Grace Puma Whiteford is senior vice president & chief procurement officer of PepsiCo. In its global portfolio of food and beverage brands, PepsiCo has 22 different brands that generate more than $1 billion each in annual retail sales. PepsiCo’s main businesses include Quaker, Tropicana, Gatorade, Frito-Lay and Pepsi-Cola. With annual net revenues of more than $65 billion, PepsiCo makes hundreds of enjoyable foods and beverages that are loved throughout the world.

Puma Whiteford joined PepsiCo in 2010. She is responsible for leading the company’s Global Procurement Function, including ensuring quality along the supply chain, robust commodity risk management practices, best in class productivity delivery and innovation via supplier partnerships and technologies. Her team manages the company’s multi-billion global purchase spend.

Prior to joining PepsiCo, Puma Whiteford worked for United Airlines (UA), where she served as senior vice president, Chief Procurement Officer since 2007. She led the transformation of UA’s procurement organization to a global Strategic Sourcing function with an enterprise-wide scope. Puma Whiteford and her team delivered significant savings across the value chain, while effectively handling risk management through the jet fuel crises in 2008.

Before joining UA, she led key areas of Strategic Supply Management globally at Kraft Foods, including raw materials, packaging, indirect materials and services. Puma Whiteford rose to positions of increasing responsibility at Kraft from 1999 to 2007. She also worked in Strategic Supply Management at Motorola and Gillette.

Puma Whiteford is based in Purchase, N.Y.

Education:
  • Bachelor of Arts, (Business Administration and Economics), Illinois Benedictine University, Lisle, Ill.

Affiliations and Appointments:
  • Board member, Marietta Corporation
  • Board member, Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago, Ill.
  • Board member, Institute of Supply Managers (2006 to 2009)

A. Salman Amin

SVP & Global Chief Marketing Officer, PepsiCo

A. Salman Amin is SVP & global chief marketing officer of PepsiCo. In its global portfolio of food and beverage brands, PepsiCo has 22 different brands that generate more than $1 billion each in annual retail sales. With net revenues of over $65 billion, PepsiCo’s main businesses also make hundreds of other enjoyable foods and beverages that are respected household names throughout the world.

Amin assumed this role in May 2012, and is responsible for driving global marketing strategies and plans for PepsiCo worldwide, with accountability for consumer and shopper marketing, media, insights, and marketing talent development.

Amin joined PepsiCo in 1995, and has served in a variety of positions, including vice president, Marketing, Pepsi-Cola International; senior vice president, Commercial Operations, Frito Lay International; senior vice president, New Platforms, PepsiCo; and chief marketing officer, PepsiCo International. Most recently, he was president, PepsiCo United Kingdom and Ireland, where he was responsible for snack foods (Walkers), breakfast cereals (Quaker), and fruit juices (Tropicana and Copella).

Before joining PepsiCo, Amin spent 10 years at Procter & Gamble, and held a variety of brand management positions working on hair care, paper, and food and beverage businesses in the U.S., Germany, Middle East and Asia.

Mr. Amin is based in Purchase, N.Y.

Education::
  • Bachelor of Arts (Civil Engineering), Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y.
  • Master of Business Administration, Kellogg School, Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.

Affiliations, Appointments and Awards:
  • Board member, Elizabeth Arden Company
  • Honorary Doctorate awardee, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK (2009)

Umran Beba

President, Asia Pacific Region, PepsiCo

Umran Beba is president, Asia Pacific Region, for PepsiCo. In its global portfolio of food and beverage brands, PepsiCo has 22 different brands that generate more than $1 billion each in annual retail sales. With net revenues of over $65 billion, PepsiCo’s main businesses also make hundreds of other enjoyable foods and beverages that are respected household names throughout the world.

PepsiCo’s Asia-Pacific region, spans 25 markets, with approximately 4,400 direct employees of 27 nationalities, 70,000 indirect employees, and works with thousands of farmers.

Beba has held a wide range of roles since joining the company in 1994. Before assuming her current position, she was President of PepsiCo's South East Europe Region, covering 14 markets including Turkey, Greece, Cyprus, Israel and the Balkans. Beba has also served as the Business Unit General Manager for East Mediterranean, comprising Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria and Iraq and started her PepsiCo career at Frito-Lay in Turkey, where she held positions including Marketing Director, HR Director and ultimately General Manager.

Beba is a great supporter of all of PepsiCo's Performance with Purpose Sustainability areas. The Region is home to WaterHope, a collaborative social enterprise that aims to bring clean drinking water to one million Filipinos by 2015. The Region has also launched sustainable product initiatives in Australia, Thailand and the Philippines. Umran is also a dedicated advocate of diversity and inclusion.

Beba is based in Hong Kong.

Education::
  • MBA and BSc in Industrial Engineering from Boğaziçi University in Turkey

Affiliations and Appointments:
  • Award winner, PepsiCo Steve Reinemund Diversity and Inclusion Leadership Legacy Award, 2012
  • Board Member, Calbee Group Japan
  • Umran was elected in 2013 as president of Food Industry Asia, a pan-Asian food and beverage industry association
  • Advisory Council Member for Switzerland-based Women International Network (WIN)
  • Advisory Council Member for Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Business School
  • Advisory Council Member for “Mentorship for Women for Board Seats,” organized by Praesta and Forbes in Turkey

Rich Beck

Senior Vice President, Global Supply Chain Operations, PepsiCo

Rich Beck is senior vice president, Global Supply Chain Operations of PepsiCo. In its global portfolio of food and beverage brands, PepsiCo has 22 different brands that generate more than $1 billion each in annual retail sales. With net revenues of over $65 billion, PepsiCo’s main businesses also make hundreds of other enjoyable foods and beverages that are respected household names throughout the world.

Beck assumed this role in January 2011, and is responsible for leveraging the experience and capabilities of PepsiCo's supply chain organizations around the world, while driving critical initiatives across the company's Food and Beverage businesses. Among other responsibilities, he oversees the relationships between PepsiCo Global Operations and the company's Research & Development, Procurement and Marketing functions to build flexibility and efficiency into PepsiCo's manufacturing processes and product/packaging designs.

Beck joined PepsiCo in 1993, and has served in a variety of positions, including senior vice president, Operations, Frito-Lay North America; executive vice president, PepsiCo Chicago; and most recently as president, North America Functional Beverages, PepsiCo Americas Beverages. In this role, Beck led the Sales, Supply Chain and Operations organizations supporting the Quaker, Tropicana and Gatorade businesses, and was a key player in driving Gatorade's sustainable growth.

Before joining PepsiCo, Beck spent 12 years at General Electric.

Beck is based in Chicago.

Education::
  • Bachelor of Science (Industrial Engineering), University of Vermont, Burlington, Vt.
  • Master of Business Administration, Rollins College, Winter Park, Fla.

Affiliations and Appointments:
  • Board member, American Beverage Association
  • Founding member, Supply Chain 50 Exchange

Neil Campbell

President, Tropicana Beverages North America

Neil Campbell is President of Tropicana Beverages North America, the beverage business that integrates all of PepsiCo's North American juice businesses into one operating unit.

Prior to being named Tropicana president in December 2007, Mr. Campbell had enjoyed an extensive 15-year PepsiCo career. He joined the Walkers marketing function in 1993 and held a variety of roles before moving to the Netherlands as Vice President - Marketing. He assumed leadership of the Walkers Marketing function in 1998, and then added expanded responsibilities to include Tropicana and Quaker in 2003.

In July 2005, Mr. Campbell stepped into the role of General Manager for Walkers and led the business through an incredibly challenging period. He is one of the U.K.'s most accomplished marketers, having co-owned the hugely impactful Gary Lineker advertising campaign, authored Walkers' push into evening snacking and championed Walkers Crisps' groundbreaking entry into healthier snacking and sustainability. Under Mr. Campbell's leadership, Walkers has become one of Britain's biggest grocery brands.

He is a graduate of Cambridge University where he studied law. He also holds a barrister at law qualification from the Middle Temple, which is responsible for the training and regulation of barristers in England and Wales.

Mr. Campbell is based in Chicago, Ill.

Debra Crew

President, PepsiCo Americas Beverages

Debra Crew is president of PepsiCo Americas Beverages. In its global portfolio of food and beverage brands, PepsiCo has 22 different brands that generate more than $1 billion each in annual retail sales. With net revenues of over $65 billion, PepsiCo’s main businesses also make hundreds of other enjoyable foods and beverages that are respected household names throughout the world.

She assumed this role in August 2012, overseeing PepsiCo's Gatorade and Tropicana business in North America, its Latin America Beverages business, as well as the company's North America warehouse sales organization and Beverage Growth Ventures Group.

Debra joined PepsiCo in April 2010 as president of the Western Europe Region of PepsiCo Europe, based in Geneva, with responsibility for commercial and innovation planning across the company's Europe sector.

Previously she worked for Mars, Inc as General Manager, Petcare US from 2008 to 2010. Prior to that she held a series of management and leadership roles at Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, from 2004 until 2008, and at Kraft Foods from 1997 to 2004.

She is based in Chicago.

Education:
  • MBA, University of Chicago, U.S.
  • BA, University of Denver, U.S.

Albert P. Carey

Chief Executive Officer, PepsiCo Americas Beverages

Albert (Al) P. Carey is chief executive officer of PepsiCo Americas Beverages, a unit of PepsiCo. In its global portfolio of food and beverage brands, PepsiCo has 22 different brands that generate more than $1 billion each in annual retail sales. With net revenues of over $65 billion, PepsiCo’s main businesses also make hundreds of other enjoyable foods and beverages that are respected household names throughout the world.

Carey assumed this role in September 2011 and is responsible for overseeing all aspects of PepsiCo’s Beverage business across North, South and Central America.

Carey joined PepsiCo in 1981, and has served in a variety of positions, including director, Trade Development, Frito-Lay North America (FLNA); vice president, National Sales, FLNA; vice president/general manager, Foodservice, FLNA; division president, FLNA West; chief operating officer, FLNA; senior vice president, Sales, Pepsi-Cola North America (PCNA); senior vice president, Sales and Retailer Strategies, PCNA; chief operating officer, PepsiCo Beverages and Foods; president, PepsiCo Sales; and most recently as president and chief executive officer, FLNA. In this role, Carey was responsible for overseeing all of FLNA - the company’s most profitable operating division and largest North American business.

Before joining PepsiCo, Carey worked at Procter & Gamble.

Carey is based in Somers, N.Y.

Education:
  • Bachelor of Science (Government and Politics), University of Maryland, College Park, Md.

Affiliations and Appointments:
  • Board of Directors member, Home Depot
  • Corporate Advisors Board member, LaRaza
  • Advisory Council member, Food Industry Leadership program, Portland State University, Portland, Ore.
  • Board of Trustees member, University of Maryland, College Park, Md.
  • Dean's Advisory Council member, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College
    Park, Md.

Brian Cornell

Chief Executive Officer,
PepsiCo Americas Foods

Brian Cornell is chief executive officer of PepsiCo Americas Foods. PepsiCo is a global food and beverage leader with net revenues of more than $65 billion and a product portfolio that includes 22 brands that generate more than $1 billion each in annual retail sales. PepsiCo’s main businesses – Quaker, Tropicana, Gatorade, Frito-Lay and Pepsi-Cola – make hundreds of enjoyable foods and beverages that are loved throughout the world.

Cornell assumed this role in March 2012. PepsiCo Americas Foods (PAF) has a food and snack portfolio that includes Frito-Lay North America, Quaker Foods and all of PepsiCo's Latin American food businesses including Sabritas and the Gamesa business in Mexico. PAF reported $24 billion in revenues in 2012, making it the largest sector of PepsiCo’s four business units. Cornell is also responsible for overseeing all PepsiCo customer teams and Power of One activities within the Americas.

Cornell has more than 30 years of experience in consumer products marketing and general management. Prior to his current position, he was president and CEO of Sam’s Club, a division of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., where he also served as an executive vice president of the company. Previously, he was CEO of Michaels, the largest specialty retailer of arts and crafts in North America. He also served as executive vice president and chief marketing officer for Safeway, where he was responsible for the company’s marketing, merchandising, manufacturing and distribution operations.

Earlier in his career, Cornell held several general management positions at PepsiCo, including president of Tropicana, president of PepsiCo beverages for Europe and Africa, and president of PepsiCo North America Foodservice.

Cornell is based in Purchase, N.Y.

Education:
  • Bachelor’s Degree, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
  • UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Management

Affiliations, Appointments and Awards:
  • Board of Directors, YMCA of Greater New York (2013-Present)
  • Board of Directors, Polaris Industries Inc. (2012-Present)
  • Marketer of the Year, Supermarket News (2005)
  • Retailer of the Year, Grocery Headquarters magazine (2006)
  • Board of Visitors, Anderson Graduate School of Management, UCLA
  • Board of Directors, Centerplate (2010-2012)
  • Board of Directors, The Home Depot (2007-2009)
  • Board of Directors, Office Max (2004-2007)
  • Board of Directors, Kirin-Tropicana (1996-2001)
  • Former member of Board of Trustees, Culinary Institute of America

Robert Dixon

Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, PepsiCo

Robert Dixon is senior vice president and chief information officer of PepsiCo. In its global portfolio of food and beverage brands, PepsiCo has 22 different brands that generate more than $1 billion each in annual retail sales. With net revenues of over $65 billion, PepsiCo’s main businesses also make hundreds of other enjoyable foods and beverages that are respected household names throughout the world.

Dixon assumed this role in 2007, and is responsible for PepsiCo's Business + Information Solutions (BIS). BIS is the global function that delivers all information technology. He also owns the SAP enterprise business transformation initiative, a top strategic priority for the company. Dixon oversees more than 5,000 associates who support PepsiCo's diverse and complex business units, while fueling performance with business solutions that connect, innovate, transform and sustain PepsiCo's eco-system.

Prior to joining PepsiCo, Dixon served as vice president, Global Business Services, Procter & Gamble (P&G), one of the world's largest shared services organizations. He founded the company's SAP Global Center of Expertise, which integrated multiple systems into a single SAP platform. He was also a five-year member of P&G's Global Business Council of top executives and diversity advisor to the chief executive officer.

Dixon is based in Plano, Texas.

Education:
  • Bachelor of Science (Electrical Engineering), Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta

Affiliations and Awards:
  • Board member, WellPoint, Inc.
  • Member, CIO Strategy Exchange
  • Member, IT Senior Management Forum
  • Member, The Cash CIO Forum
  • Member, IBM Board of Advisors
  • Former member, President's Advisory Board, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
  • Award winner, Distinguished Engineering Alumni, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta (2002)
  • HMG Strategy 2012 Transformational CIO Leadership Award
  • 2012 Global CIO Executive Summit “Top Ten Breakaway Leader Award”

Richard Evans

President of PepsiCo UK, Ireland & South Africa

Richard Evans is the President of PepsiCo UK, Ireland and South Africa with a responsibility for over £2Bn in retail sales of iconic brands like Walkers, Quaker and Tropicana as well as Simba the leading snack brand in South Africa.

PepsiCo UK employs over 5500 people across 13 sites nationwide including the largest Walkers facility in Leicester, The Quaker Mill in Cupar, Scotland and the Copella juice site at Boxford Farm Suffolk. PepsiCo South Africa employs 1500 people in two principal sites in Johannesburg and Cape Town.

In January 2008 Richard Evans, became General Manager for Walkers Snack Foods UK the UK’s #2 food brand and was promoted into his current position in September of 2009.

His PepsiCo career began within marketing on carbonated beverages in the UK in 1990 and he has subsequently lived in 5 countries where he held both functional and General Management roles of increasing seniority across Europe, Africa, South Asia and the Middle East.

Stimulated by a keen interest in technology, Richard left PepsiCo in 2000 to take up the post of Chief Operating Officer within the dot-com space for an Internet Portal. Rejoining PepsiCo in 2004 as Commercial VP for South Asia, Middle East & Africa he was responsible for marketing, research and development, sales capability and commercial strategy for PepsiCo’s Food & Beverage businesses across the region.

Richard sits on the Executive Committee of the Food & Drink Federation, the leading trade body for the sector and is a member of the CBI Climate Change Board.

Richard holds a business degree from Oxford Brooks University and a Diploma in Market Research from the UK Market Research Society.

Enderson Guimaraes

Chief Executive Officer, PepsiCo Europe

Enderson Guimaraes is chief executive officer of PepsiCo Europe. In its global portfolio of food and beverage brands, PepsiCo has 22 different brands that generate more than $1 billion each in annual retail sales. With net revenues of over $65 billion, PepsiCo’s main businesses also make hundreds of other enjoyable foods and beverages that are respected household names throughout the world.

He assumed this role in September 2012 and is responsible for PepsiCo’s food and beverage businesses in Continental Europe as well as the UK and sub-Sahara Africa, which together generated nearly $14 billion in revenues in 2011.

Guimaraes joined PepsiCo in October 2011 as president, Global Operations and was responsible for strategic sourcing management, global operations, business and information solutions and global productivity. He lead the transformation of PepsiCo’s current operating model to one that functions in a collaborative matrix – a change that allows the company to globally leverage its innovation, best practices, productivity, global brand architectures and strategic external alliances, while enabling local teams to manage and execute their businesses.

He also previously served as president of PepsiCo’s Global Nutrition Group, responsible for a global team of nutrition platform leaders, innovation, branding, and customer and partnership experts strategically focused on driving business growth in four key category areas: dairy, grains, fruit and vegetables and functional (sports) nutrition.

Prior to joining PepsiCo, Guimaraes served as executive vice president of Electrolux and chief executive officer of its €4.5 billion major appliances business for Europe, Africa and the Middle East, based in Belgium. In this role, he completed a transformation program of its major appliance business -- fundamentally shifting the cost structure, reducing complexity, leveraging scale and establishing common processes. The initiative dramatically simplified the company’s product lines, from 10,000 different models to fewer than 5,000, while improving product quality.

Before this, Guimaraes spent 10 years at Philips Electronics, first as a regional marketing executive in Latin America and ultimately as senior vice president and head of global marketing management and general manager of the VidiWall LED display business. There he led a transformational effort to improve marketing effectiveness across Philips’ €32 billion global business, which included reshaping the brand architecture, advertising and marketing governance across all Philips businesses. In his last position at Philips, Guimaraes served as chief executive officer of Philips’ Lifestyle Incubator group, an innovation engine which created new businesses and developed them over several years -- from conception until ready to be transferred to business units.

Guimaraes also worked for leading CPG companies, including HP, P&G and Johnson & Johnson. He will be based in Geneva.

Education:
  • Bachelor of Science (Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering), Aeronautical Institute of Technology,
     São José dos Campos, Brazil
  • Master of Business Administration, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Brad Jakeman

President, Global Beverages Group, PepsiCo

Brad Jakeman has a passion for developing category-disruptive ideas that challenge convention and make brands famous. As PepsiCo’s President of the Global Beverages Group he leads global strategy, brand building, innovation, productivity and processes for PepsiCo’s global portfolio of beverages. In a career that has spanned Fashion, Retail, Consumer Packaged Goods, Entertainment, Technology and Financial Services, Brad has managed some of the world’s biggest brands on a global basis.

Advertising Age magazine named Brad one of America’s “Top 50 Marketers” and The Australian newspaper listed Brad as one of the “top 20 people shaping global media”. In the last 10 years he has been responsible for leading marketing ideas that have won over 200 awards at almost all of the world’s most prestigious marketing shows. Most recently Brad was responsible for leading the team that created Pepsi’s first ever global brand campaign “Live for Now.”

Prior to joining PepsiCo in July 2011, he was Executive Vice President, Chief Creative Officer & Chief Marketing Officer for Activision Blizzard Inc., the world’s largest videogame and interactive entertainment company. He led all facets of the company’s global marketing functions including Media, Advertising, Design & Consumer Experience, CRM, Consumer Insights and Digital. He was responsible for marketing brands including Call of Duty and Guitar Hero which are at the forefront of popular culture, music and entertainment. Brad was responsible for leading the marketing program which resulted in the largest entertainment launch in history, for the second consecutive year, accomplishing over $600 million in sales in four days for the Call of Duty game.

Brad frequently collaborates with other leaders shaping pop culture and has himself led work that in 2007 was awarded an Emmy from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

Brad’s hallmark is a passionate belief that innovative, consumer-centric and creatively-expressed ideas, integrated within a 360-degree consumer experience, can drive more powerful and engaging brands, which in turn create an economic multiplier for companies. He is a frequent speaker at global conferences about Transformational Marketing.

Brad’s first client-side role was in 1998 when he accepted a newly created position of Managing Director, Global Advertising at Citigroup in New York. He led the development team that created the critically acclaimed -- and Emmy Award Winning--“Live Richly” brand platform and the Citi Identity Theft Solutions service.

In 2007 Brad joined Macy’s Inc. as Executive Vice President, Marketing and was charged with revitalizing and re-positioning the Macy’s brand on a national stage. In September, 2007-- in a collaboration with Academy Award winning Director Barry Levinson and twice Academy Award winning Cinematographer, Bob Richardson-- Brad developed Macy’s first ever National Brand Campaign in which he partnered with some the worlds greatest cultural and fashion icons- Martha Stewart, Donald Trump, Jessica Simpson, Kenneth Cole, Tommy Hilfiger, Emeril Lagasse, Kimora Lee Simmons, Russell Simmons, Usher, Sean (P-Diddy) Combs and Marc Ecko. Five years later this idea continues to define and drive the Macy’s brand.

Brad was born in Australia and now resides in New York City. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mass Communication and Psychology from Macquarie University, Sydney. He is a Board Director of the Advertising Club of America. Brad is also a frequent judge at major creative and marketing award shows globally.

June 2012

Lorraine Chow Hansen

President, Global Snacks, PepsiCo

Ms. Chow Hansen is the President of Global Snacks at PepsiCo. PepsiCo is a global food and beverage leader with net revenues of more than $65 billion and a product portfolio that includes 22 brands that generate more than $1 billion each in annual retail sales. Lorraine successfully builds brands, develops innovation and leads businesses to accelerate revenue and profit growth. Her success originates from her drive for results, passion for consumers and brands and an authentic approach to building teams that win.

As of May 2012, Lorraine is leading PepsiCo’s newly formed Global Snacks group at PepsiCo. This organization is responsible for developing PepsiCo’s winning strategy in the fast growing $400 billion global Macrosnacks market, leading global brands of Lay’s, Doritos, Cheetos and Sun, driving breakthrough innovation and elevating key capabilities throughout PepsiCo.

Previously, Lorraine led Kraft’s $1.6 billion US Coffee & Tea Division as Senior Vice President and General Manager. This Division included leading brands such as Maxwell House, Starbucks and Gevalia. Lorraine led all aspects of this business from vision, strategy and innovation to marketing, customer development, margin improvement and talent. At Kraft, she also held roles leading its Refreshment Beverage and Desserts & Snacks categories.

Chow Hansen is based in Purchase, NY.

Education:
  • Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton , NJ
  • Master of Business Administration, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA

Affiliations and Awards:
  • Award winner, “Corporate Achievement Award”, Organization of Chinese Americans (2007)
  • Award winner, “Salute to Women and Racial Justice Outstanding Achievement in Business”, YWCA (2008)
  • Board member, National Coffee Association (2008-2010)
  • Award winner, “Women to Watch”, Advertising Age (2012)

Tom Greco

President, Frito-Lay North America

Thomas (Tom) Greco is president, Frito-Lay North America, a unit of PepsiCo. In its global portfolio of food and beverage brands, PepsiCo has 22 different brands that generate more than $1 billion each in annual retail sales. With net revenues of over $65 billion, PepsiCo’s main businesses also make hundreds of other enjoyable foods and beverages that are respected household names throughout the world.

Greco assumed this role in September 2011 and is responsible for overseeing PepsiCo’s snack and convenient foods business in the U.S. and Canada. Frito-Lay North America (FLNA) is the company’s most profitable operating division and largest North American business.

Greco joined PepsiCo in Canada in 1986, and has served in a variety of positions, including region vice president, Midwest; president, Frito-Lay Canada; senior vice president, Sales, Frito-Lay North America; president, Global Sales, PepsiCo; executive vice president, Sales, North America Beverages; and most recently as executive vice president and chief commercial officer, Pepsi Beverages Company (PBC). In this role, Greco was responsible for leading PBC’s retail selling efforts across the U.S. and Canada.

Before joining PepsiCo, Greco worked at Procter & Gamble.

Greco is based in Plano, Texas.

Education:
  • Honors Bachelor of Commerce, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario
  • Master of Business Administration, Richard Ivey School of Business, London, Ontario

Affiliations, Appointments, Awards:
  • Co-chair, Food Marketing Institute's (FMI) Associate Member Advisor Board
  • Executive sponsor, PepsiCo Asian Network (PepsiCo's employee diversity network that aims to
    making PepsiCo the employer of choice for Asian Americans, using their skills and talent to
    grow the company)
  • Award winner, “William J. Grize Diversity Hall of Fame Award – Network of Executive Women,” (2011)

Hugh F. Johnston

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, PepsiCo

Hugh F. Johnston is executive vice president and chief financial officer of PepsiCo. In its global portfolio of food and beverage brands, PepsiCo has 22 different brands that generate more than $1 billion each in annual retail sales. With net revenues of over $65 billion, PepsiCo’s main businesses also make hundreds of other enjoyable foods and beverages that are respected household names throughout the world.

Johnston assumed this role in March 2010, and is responsible for providing strategic financial leadership; ensuring PepsiCo's capital structure, financial systems and controls; and forecasting models that will support the company's growth and expansion. As a member of the executive leadership team, Johnston builds financial infrastructure, oversees risk management, and upholds PepsiCo's finance and accounting policies and procedures.

Johnston joined PepsiCo in 1987, and has served in a variety of positions, including CFO, Beverages and Foods, PepsiCo; senior vice president, Mergers and Acquisitions, PepsiCo; president, Pepsi-Cola North America Beverages; and most recently executive vice president, Global Operations, PepsiCo. In this role, Johnston ran the post-merger integration efforts for PepsiCo's bottler transactions with Pepsi Bottling Group and PepsiAmericas, and was responsible for overseeing PepsiCo's Global Procurement Business Information Systems functions, as well as the company's Worldwide Concentrate Operations.

Johnston is based in Purchase, N.Y.

Education:
  • Bachelor of Science (Finance), Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y.
  • Master of Business Administration, University of Chicago, Chicago

Affiliations, Appointments:
  • Board of Directors, AOL (2012-Present)
  • Executive sponsor, PepsiCo EQUAL (PepsiCo's employee diversity network that provides awareness,
    education, resources and support for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community, and its
    allies)

Dr. Mehmood Khan

Executive Vice President, PepsiCo Chief Scientific Officer, Global Research and Development

Mehmood Khan, M.D., is executive vice president and chief scientific officer, global research and development, PepsiCo. In its global portfolio of food and beverage brands, PepsiCo has 22 different brands that generate more than $1 billion each in annual retail sales. With net revenues of over $65 billion, PepsiCo’s main businesses also make hundreds of other enjoyable foods and beverages that are respected household names throughout the world.

As chief scientific officer, Dr. Khan leads company-wide research and development (R&D); recruits highly regarded clinical scientists, global health leaders and medical experts; launches research projects with leading universities; and opens advanced R&D facilities.

As Executive Vice President, Dr. Khan leads a global team of experts in nutrition, medicine, research, science, marketing/branding, ingredient sourcing and product innovation. He directs PepsiCo’s enterprise planning, portfolio development and execution of new technology to grow the company’s nutrition-focused brands in four areas: grains (Quaker), fruits (Tropicana), vegetables (Sabra) and dairy (Wimm-Bill-Dann). With the creation of the GNG, PepsiCo is one of only two food and beverage companies worldwide with an operation dedicated to health and wellness.

This crossover role is unique in the global food and beverage industry, permitting a single point of linkage between R&D and core businesses and brands within the context of health & wellness.

Prior to joining PepsiCo, Dr. Khan was president, Takeda Global Research & Development Center, overseeing Takeda Pharmaceuticals Company’s worldwide R&D efforts. Previously, Dr. Khan was as a faculty member at the Mayo Clinic and Mayo Medical School in Rochester, Minn., serving as director of the Diabetes, Endocrine and Nutritional Trials Unit in the endocrinology division. He also spent nine years leading programs in diabetes, endocrinology, metabolism and nutrition for the Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis.

Dr. Khan is based in Chicago.

Affiliations and Appointments:
  • Member, Board of Governors, New York Academy of Science
  • Former committee member, American Diabetes Association
  • Former committee member, Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation
  • Former committee member, National Institutes of Health

Ramon Laguarta

President, Developing and Emerging Markets-Europe, PepsiCo

Ramon Laguarta assumed his current position as President PepsiCo Eastern Europe Region in November 2008.

Prior to this role, from 2006 to 2008, Ramon served as Commercial Vice President of Europe. From 2002 to 2006, he was General Manager for Iberia Snacks and Juices, and from 1999 to 2001 a General Manager for Greece Snacks and Marketing Vice President for Spain Snacks. Ramon joined PepsiCo in January 1996.

Previously, he worked for Chupa Chups, S.A., a Spanish leading confectionary company, where he held several international assignments in Europe and the U.S.

Ramon holds a MBA from ESADE Business School in Spain and a M&M (Master in International Management) from Thunderbird in the U.S.

Tim Minges

Chairman, PepsiCo Greater China Region

Tim Minges is chairman, PepsiCo Greater China Region. In its global portfolio of food and beverage brands, PepsiCo has 22 different brands that generate more than $1 billion each in annual retail sales. With net revenues of over $65 billion, PepsiCo’s main businesses also make hundreds of other enjoyable foods and beverages that are respected household names throughout the world.

Minges assumed this role in January 2010 and is responsible for business operations for the entire PepsiCo portfolio throughout greater China.

Minges is a 28-year PepsiCo veteran who joined PepsiCo in 1983 in the finance department of Frito-Lay North America (FLNA) and was promoted to a series of roles in finance, sales and general management positions throughout the 1980s and early 1990s. Minges moved to Asia in 1994 as general manager of Frito-Lay Thailand and since then has taken on a series of increasingly complex roles including area vice president, Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN); managing director, China; president, Frito-Lay International – Asia-Pacific; and most recently as region president, Asia Pacific, a role that managed the PepsiCo portfolio throughout 13 Asian countries.

Before joining PepsiCo, Minges worked in accounting roles at Great Western Sugar and Alexander Grant.

Minges is based in Shanghai.

Education:
  • Bachelor of Science (Accounting), Miami University, Oxford, Ohio

Affiliations, Appointments, Awards:
  • Board of Directors, Barry Callebaut AG (2013-)

Luis Montoya

President, Latin America Beverages, PepsiCo

Luis Montoya is president, Latin America Beverages of PepsiCo. In its global portfolio of food and beverage brands, PepsiCo has 22 different brands that generate more than $1 billion each in annual retail sales. With net revenues of over $65 billion, PepsiCo’s main businesses also make hundreds of other enjoyable foods and beverages that are respected household names throughout the world.

Montoya assumed this role in 2007, and is responsible for PepsiCo's beverage business and all related disciplines in Latin America. He is accountable for the division's strategic direction and financial performance.

Montoya began his PepsiCo career in 1991 as a market manager for Peru and Ecuador, and has held several positions since, including general manager, Central America; franchise vice president, Mexico (where he also assumed responsibility for Central America and the Caribbean); and most recently business unit general manager, Northern Latin American Beverages (Nola). In 2010, Montoya also received the Steve Reinemund Leadership Legacy Award, the highest recognition within PepsiCo, for his exemplary leadership and commitment to diversity and inclusion, while moving the business forward.

Before joining PepsiCo, Montoya worked for Proctor & Gamble.

Montoya is based in Lima, Peru.

Education:
  • Bachelor of Arts (Industrial Engineering), Universidad Católica del Peru, Lima, Peru
  • Master of Business Administration, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.

Affiliations, Appointments:
  • Board member, Pepsi Cola Venezuela joint venture
  • Board member, PepsiCo Executive Committee
  • Board member, Central America Bottling Corp

Indra K. Nooyi

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, PepsiCo

Indra Nooyi is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo. In its global food and beverage portfolio, PepsiCo has 22 brands that generate more than $1 billion each in annual retail sales. PepsiCo's main businesses include Quaker, Tropicana, Gatorade, Frito-Lay and Pepsi-Cola. With more than $65 billion in annual net revenue, PepsiCo makes hundreds of enjoyable foods and beverages that are loved throughout the world.

Mrs. Nooyi is the chief architect of Performance with Purpose, PepsiCo’s promise to do what’s right for the business by doing what’s right for people and the planet. It’s the company’s commitment to sustained growth with a focus on Performance, Human, Environmental and Talent Sustainability. In keeping with this commitment, PepsiCo is proud to be listed on the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index and Dow Jones Sustainability World Index.

Mrs. Nooyi was named President and CEO on October 1, 2006 and assumed the role of Chairman on May 2, 2007. She has directed the company's global strategy for more than a decade and led its restructuring, including the divestiture of its restaurants into the successful YUM! Brands, Inc., the acquisition of Tropicana and the merger with Quaker Oats that brought the vital Quaker and Gatorade businesses to PepsiCo, the merger with PepsiCo's anchor bottlers, and the acquisition of Wimm-Bill-Dann, the largest international acquisition in PepsiCo's history.

Prior to becoming CEO, Mrs. Nooyi served as President and Chief Financial Officer beginning in 2001, when she was also named to PepsiCo's Board of Directors. In this position, she was responsible for PepsiCo's corporate functions, including finance, strategy, business process optimization, corporate platforms and innovation, procurement, investor relations and information technology. Between February 2000 and April 2001, Mrs. Nooyi was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of PepsiCo. Mrs. Nooyi also served as PepsiCo's Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Development from 1996 until 2000, and as PepsiCo’s Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning from 1994 until 1996.

Before joining PepsiCo in 1994, Mrs. Nooyi spent four years as Senior Vice President of Strategy and Strategic Marketing for Asea Brown Boveri, a Zurich-based industrials company. She was part of the top management team responsible for the company's U.S. business as well as its worldwide industrial businesses, representing about $10 billion of ABB's $30 billion in global sales.

Between 1986 and 1990, Mrs. Nooyi worked for Motorola, where she was Vice President and Director of Corporate Strategy and Planning, having joined the company as the business development executive for its automotive and industrial electronic group. Prior to Motorola, she spent six years directing international corporate strategy projects at The Boston Consulting Group. Her clients ranged from textiles and consumer goods companies to retailers and specialty chemicals producers. Mrs. Nooyi began her career in India, where she held product manager positions at Johnson & Johnson and at Mettur Beardsell, Ltd., a textile firm.

In addition to being a member of the PepsiCo Board of Directors, Mrs. Nooyi serves as a member of the boards of U.S.-China Business Council, U.S.-India Business Council, The Consumer Goods Forum, Catalyst, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, The Peterson Institute for International Economics and Tsinghua University. She is also a member of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum, the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Successor Fellow of Yale Corporation and was appointed to the U.S.-India CEO Forum by the Obama Administration.

She holds a B.S. from Madras Christian College, an M.B.A. from the Indian Institute of Management in Calcutta and a Master of Public and Private Management from Yale University. Mrs. Nooyi is married and has two daughters.

Pedro Padierna

President, PepsiCo Mexico

Pedro Padierna is president of PepsiCo Mexico, which is one of the biggest food companies in the region, with over $4 billion dollar sales. PepsiCo Mexico includes the operation of Sabritas, Sonric’s-Alegro, Gamesa-Quaker, Pepsi and Gatorade, generating over 55,000 direct jobs and 790,000 indirect jobs in the region. PepsiCo Mexico counts with 49 plants and over 21,000 sales routes that distribute its products among the country.

PepsiCo is a global food and beverage leading company with sales that generate over $65 billion dollars and a product portfolio that includes 22 brands that generate over $1 billion in annual retail sales each. PepsiCo's main businesses – Quaker, Tropicana, Gatorade, Frito-Lay and Pepsi-Cola – make hundreds of foods and beverages that are loved throughout the world.

Pedro Padierna was appointed President of PepsiCo Mexico in August 2011 and will act as the main contact of the company before government and strategic allies. He also leads PepsiCo’s Global Potato Center of Excellence. Padierna is head of PepsiCo Mexico’s Council, created along with his new appointment, which is formed by the leaders of the food and beverage businesses.

Padierna began his PepsiCo career in 1987 at Sabritas as Marketing and Research & Development VP, and has held several positions since, including Commercial VP Mexico; National Sales VP; and most recently President of Sabritas/CariCam, PepsiCo Americas Foods. In his years of service with the company, Padierna has served as a PepsiCo ambassador in Mexico, developing strong relationships with key stakeholders, including government, customers, media and nongovernmental organizations. He is also the president and founder of the PepsiCo Foundation in Mexico.

Before joining PepsiCo, Padierna worked for the Mexican Ministry of Tourism, Banamex (Citibank Mexico) and Procter & Gamble.

Padierna is based in Mexico City.

Education:
  • Bachelor of Arts (Communications), Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City
  • Master of Business Administration (Marketing and Finance), Tulane University, New Orleans

Affiliations, Appointments, Awards:
  • Fulbright Scholarship grantee
  • President, Executive Council of Global Enterprises
  • Former President, ConMexico
  • Board of Trustees President, Mexican Advertising Council
  • Founding chapter member and President, International Advertising Association
  • Winner of PepsiCo’s Global Steve Reinemund Diversity & Inclusion Leadership Legacy Award

Pamela Culpepper

Senior Vice President, Global Diversity and Inclusion Officer, PepsiCo

Pamela Culpepper is senior vice president, Global Diversity and Inclusion officer of PepsiCo. In its global portfolio of food and beverage brands, PepsiCo has 22 different brands that generate more than $1 billion each in annual retail sales. With net revenues of over $65 billion, PepsiCo’s main businesses also make hundreds of other enjoyable foods and beverages that are respected household names throughout the world.

Culpepper, who assumed this role in January 2011, provides leadership in guiding PepsiCo's global Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) strategy to bring together diverse strengths, backgrounds and perspectives to achieve the company's strategic business imperatives, advance its Performance with Purpose goals and drive innovation. Building on PepsiCo's leadership in D&I, she helps PepsiCo ensure that D&I is ingrained in PepsiCo, and expands pathways for developing global, multicultural thinkers, doers and innovators.

Culpepper joined PepsiCo in 2000 and most recently served as vice president, Human Resources for Quaker Foods and Snacks. She has held several other positions, including vice president, Human Resources, PepsiCo Americas Beverages Supply Chain; vice president, Talent Management and Diversity, Quaker, Tropicana and Gatorade (QTG); director, Organization Capability and Inclusion, QTG; and director, Human Resources, National Sales for Frito-Lay North America.

Before joining PepsiCo, Culpepper worked for McKessonHBOC, Inc., Clorox and Wells Fargo.

Culpepper is based in Chicago.

Education:
  • Bachelor of Arts, University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
  • Master of Organizational Change, California State University, Hayward

Affiliations and Appointments:
  • Advisory board member, National Black MBA Association

Jose Luis Prado

President, Quaker Foods and Snacks North America, PepsiCo

Jose Luis Prado is president, Quaker Foods and Snacks North America of PepsiCo. In its global portfolio of food and beverage brands, PepsiCo has 22 different brands that generate more than $1 billion each in annual retail sales. With net revenues of over $65 billion, PepsiCo’s main businesses also make hundreds of other enjoyable foods and beverages that are respected household names throughout the world.

Prado assumed this role in January 2011, and is responsible for the continued growth of Quaker-branded products globally. He also leads PepsiCo's global Baking Center of Excellence, which develops and supports baked projects companywide.

Prado joined PepsiCo in 1984 at Sabritas, and has served in a variety of positions, including president, Frito-Lay Snacks Caribbean; president, PepsiCo Snacks Argentina/Uruguay; area vice president, Frito-Lay International (FLI); and most recently as president, Gamesa-Quaker Mexico. In this role, Prado oversaw over $1 billion in sales and 15,000 employees. In addition, he led the integration of Quaker into FLI in Latin America as a result of PepsiCo's merger with the Quaker Oats Company. Prado also launched "Vive Saludable," a program that promotes healthy lifestyles for consumers and employees, in Mexico and throughout Latin America.

Before joining PepsiCo, Prado worked for Grupo Desc in Mexico, a subsidiary of Monsanto.

Prado is based in Chicago.

Education:
  • Bachelor of Science (Mechanical Engineering), National Polytechnical Institute, Mexico City
  • Master of Science (Information Systems), Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City
  • Master of Business Administration, Monterrey Institute of Technology, Monterrey, Mexico

Affiliations, Appointments, Awards:
  • Board member, Grupo Alen
  • Award recipient, PepsiCo Donald M. Kendall Award
  • Award recipient, PepsiCo Chairman's Award

Larry Thompson

Executive Vice President, Government Affairs, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Larry Thompson is Executive Vice President, Government Affairs, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of PepsiCo. In its global portfolio of food and beverage brands, PepsiCo has 22 different brands that generate more than $1 billion each in annual retail sales. With net revenues of over $65 billion, PepsiCo’s main businesses also make hundreds of other enjoyable foods and beverages that are respected household names throughout the world.

Thompson will assume this role effective July 30, 2012 and be responsible for the company’s worldwide legal function and government affairs and public policy organizations. He will also oversee the company's global compliance function and the PepsiCo Foundation.

Prior to rejoining PepsiCo, Thompson served as the John A. Sibley Professor in Corporate and Business Law at the University of Georgia School of Law.

Thompson previously served as PepsiCo’s Senior Vice President of Government Affairs, General Counsel and Secretary from 2004 to 2011. During that time, he was responsible for PepsiCo's worldwide legal function, as well as its government affairs organization and The PepsiCo Foundation, the company's philanthropic arm.

Earlier in his career, Thompson served as a Senior Fellow with The Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. His government career includes serving in the U.S. Department of Justice as Deputy Attorney General and leading the Department's National Security Coordination Council. Thompson was also appointed by President George W. Bush to lead the Corporate Fraud Task Force, where he led, among others, the government’s ongoing Enron investigation.

Previously, Thompson was a partner in the Atlanta, Ga., law firm of King & Spalding, where he practiced in the Antitrust and Litigation Departments. Thompson also served as the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, where he directed the Southern Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force and served on the Attorney General's Economic Crime Council. He was appointed Independent Counsel for the Department of Housing and Urban Development Investigation by the Special Panel of U.S. Circuit Court Judges appointed by the U.S. Supreme Court. He was also selected by the U.S. Congress to chair the Judicial Review Commission on Foreign Asset Control.

Thompson holds a Bachelor of Arts from Culver-Stockton College, a Master of Arts from Michigan State University, and a law degree from the University of Michigan.

Thompson has received several awards including the Edmund Jennings Randolph Award for outstanding contributions to the accomplishment of the Department of Justice's mission; Outstanding Litigator Award from the Federal Bar Association; and the A. T. Walden Award for outstanding accomplishments to the legal profession from the Gate City Bar Association.

Thompson is based in Purchase, N.Y.

Cynthia M. Trudell

Executive Vice President, Human Resources and Chief HR Officer, PepsiCo

Cynthia M. Trudell is executive vice president, Human Resources and chief HR officer of PepsiCo. In its global portfolio of food and beverage brands, PepsiCo has 22 different brands that generate more than $1 billion each in annual retail sales. With net revenues of over $65 billion, PepsiCo’s main businesses also make hundreds of other enjoyable foods and beverages that are respected household names throughout the world.

Trudell assumed this role in February 2007 and is responsible for PepsiCo’s global Human Resources function. She oversees the company’s human capital management strategy, partnering with PepsiCo’s businesses around the world to develop the talent and leadership needed to foster innovation and drive sustainable growth. A key area of focus is harnessing PepsiCo’s capabilities and knowledge globally, while ensuring strong local teams who understand and meet the needs of the communities the company serves.

Prior to joining PepsiCo, Trudell served as president of Sea Ray Group, a subsidiary of Brunswick Corporation, from 2001 to 2006. She previously worked for General Motors (GM) in the general management roles of vice president; chairman and president Saturn Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of GM; and president of IBC Vehicles, a joint venture between GM and Isuzu, in Luton, England. Earlier in her career with General Motors she held a variety of engineering and manufacturing supervisory roles, including plant manager at the Wilmington Car Assembly Center in Delaware. She began her career with the Ford Motor Co. as a chemical process engineer. Trudell served on the PepsiCo Board of Directors from 2000 to 2007 (when she resigned to accept her current position); the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Board of Directors from 2005 to 2007; and the Pepsi-Cola Bottling Group (PBG) Board of Directors from 2008 to 2010, prior to PBG’s merger with PepsiCo.

Trudell is based in Purchase, N.Y.

Education:
  • Bachelor of Science (Chemistry), Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia
  • Doctorate (Physical Chemistry), University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario
  • Honorary Doctor of Laws degree, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario
  • Honorary Doctor of Science degree, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia
  • Honorary Doctor of Science degree, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario
  • Honorary Doctor of Science degree, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick

Olivier Weber

President, South America, Caribbean and Central America Foods, PepsiCo

Olivier Weber is president of South America, Caribbean and Central America Foods, PepsiCo. In its global portfolio of food and beverage brands, PepsiCo has 22 different brands that generate more than $1 billion each in annual retail sales. With net revenues of over $65 billion, PepsiCo’s main businesses also make hundreds of other enjoyable foods and beverages that are respected household names throughout the world.

Weber was named president of South America Foods in December 2007. This includes businesses in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Venezuela, among other key markets. In August 2011, he gained oversight of Central America and Caribbean, being responsible for PepsiCo's businesses in Guatemala, Panama, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, among others. Weber is accountable for the division's strategic direction and financial performance for the region, which includes salty snacks, cookies and crackers, and other foods businesses - encompassing approximately 30,000 associates, 37 plants and 211 distribution centers.

Weber joined PepsiCo in 1994 as director, Marketing for Gamesa, and has served in a variety of positions, including general manager position in Brazil & South Cone for Foods and Beverages; general manager, PepsiCo Venezuela; general manager, Frito-Lay, Dominican Republic and until lately president for the South America Foods division.

Before joining PepsiCo, Weber worked for Nestle in Switzerland and Chile.

Weber is based in Miami.

Education:
  • Bachelor of Economics (specialization in Business Administration), Fribourg University, Fribourg     Switzerland
  • Fluent in French, German, English, Spanish and Portuguese

Affiliations, Appointments, Awards:
  • Member, World Economic Forum’s Consumer Industry Council
  • Award winner, "PepsiCo Donald M. Kendall Award" (honoring PepsiCo International’s top performing     teams) (2001)
  • PepsiCo Reputation Ambassador

Jim Wilkinson

Executive Vice President, Communications, PepsiCo

Jim Wilkinson is executive vice president, Communications of PepsiCo, a global food and beverage leader with net revenues of more than $65 billion and a product portfolio that includes 22 brands that generate more than $1 billion each in annual retail sales. PepsiCo’s main businesses – Quaker, Tropicana, Gatorade, Frito-Lay and Pepsi-Cola – make hundreds of enjoyable foods and beverages that are loved throughout the world.

Wilkinson reports to PepsiCo Chairman and CEO Indra K. Nooyi, leads the company's global communications team and works across the company to enhance and promote PepsiCo.

Wilkinson joined PepsiCo from Brunswick Group LLC, where he served as Managing Partner providing strategic counsel on global corporate mandates spanning international, corporate and financial communications, corporate reputation, investor relations, crisis management and litigation. Prior to Brunswick Group LLC, Wilkinson served as Chief of Staff for U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson, serving as Paulson's senior strategist and counselor, and working on matters of financial policy and crisis management.

Prior to his work for Treasury, Wilkinson served as Senior Advisor to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and in The White House as Deputy National Security Advisor for Communications with Rice. From 2002-2003, Wilkinson was Director of Strategic Communications for General Tommy R. Franks at U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), and from 2000-2001 served in The White House as Deputy Director of Communications. Wilkinson has extensive experience working with the U.S. Congress, and has served as an officer in the U.S. Navy Reserves. He has also taught communications and international relations at The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and the JHU graduate school of government.

Wilkinson is based in Purchase, N.Y.

Education:
  • University of Texas at Arlington, BBA Finance
  • The Johns Hopkins University, MA

Affiliations, Other:
  • Endurance sports enthusiast (including 22 marathons)
  • Board of Directors, Shoe4Africa
  • Board of Directors, Hall Steps Foundation
  • Development Board of Directors, University of Texas at Arlington
  • Development Board of Directors, Weatherford College
  • Board Member, Baylor Health Care System Foundation

Eugene Willemsen

President, PepsiCo South East Europe

Eugene joined PepsiCo in 1995 and since February 2011 serves as PepsiCo’s Region President for South East Europe and is a member of PepsiCo Europe’s executive Committee since 2005. In his current position he has responsibility for PepsiCo’s businesses [both foods & beverages] in 17 countries, amongst which Turkey.

Prior to his current assignment, Eugene was SVP Commercial for PepsiCo Europe, heading up the Marketing & Sales function across Europe for all lines of business after serving as GM for PepsiCo’s Northern European Business Unit. Eugene has also been a board member of the Dutch Grocery Manufacturers Association since 2000 and served as its Chairman from 2005-2006.

Eugene holds a BBA from Nijenrode University in the Netherlands, a MSc in Economics from the “VU University” in Amsterdam and an Executive MBA from INSEAD.