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 previously departing in 2010 to join Visa Inc.
Most recently Kehoe was President and CEO, Asia Pacific at Edelman, a global communications firm. He initially joined Edelman in 2018 as Global Chair of Reputation, which included steering the firm’s work on the annual Edelman Trust Barometer. Prior to Edelman, Kehoe was Senior Vice President of Global Financial Inclusion at Visa Inc. in which position he launched a major shared value initiative focused on driving Visa’s growth in emerging markets and delivering social impact. Prior to this, he was based in Singapore as Head of Corporate Communications for Visa’s markets in Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa.
In his previous role at PepsiCo, Kehoe was based in New York, where he was Vice President Communications, Government Affairs & Public Policy. Among other responsibilities, he led global communications and public affairs programs focused on responding to marketing, advertising and food labelling challenges around the world. In addition, he led PepsiCo’s government affairs and corporate communication teams in the European Union, Russia and China.
Prior to his 15-year corporate positions with Visa and PepsiCo, Kehoe spent 10 years in other agencies, in North America and Europe. He began his career in the European Parliament in Brussels and worked for several years in the aerospace industry.
Kehoe received his Bachelor’s degree in European Studies from the University of Bradford in the UK.
Kehoe lives in New York City with his wife, Sarara and their young son, Kenzo. He has two college-age daughters, Lucy and Olivia, who are students at the University of Purdue, Indiana, and VCU, Richmond, Virginia respectively.