PepsiCo changes US management
Promotes two of its senior most executives to lead its North American beverage and food operations.
31/03/05 PepsiCo has announced the promotion of two of its senior most executives to lead its North American beverage and food operations, effective immediately and reporting directly to Chairman and CEO Steve Reinemund
Dawn Hudson, 47, President & CEO of Pepsi-Cola North America (PCNA), based in Purchase, NY, will continue to oversee the development, marketing and selling of all beverages distributed through Pepsi's bottler network. She will lead PCNA's performance across all channels in the U.S. and Canada, and will also assume total responsibility for aligning all of PepsiCo's bottler partnerships to drive even greater growth. Ms. Hudson joined PepsiCo in 1997.
John C. Compton, 43, has been named President & CEO of QTG, consisting of the Quaker Foods and Tropicana/Gatorade divisions in the U.S. and Canada, and based in Chicago. Mr. Compton, a 22-year PepsiCo executive, was previously Vice Chairman of Frito-Lay North America (FLNA) and President of Salty Snacks. Mr. Compton's former accountabilities at FLNA will be assumed directly by Irene Rosenfeld, Chairman & CEO of the division.
PepsiCo also announced that Gary M. Rodkin, 52, has decided to leave the company to pursue new career opportunities. He had served as Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo Beverages and Foods North America (PBF) since 2002.
Indra Nooyi, along with Michael D. White, Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo International (PI), Irene Rosenfeld, Dawn Hudson and John Compton, now serve as PepsiCo's five business heads, reporting to Steve Reinemund.
