PepsiCo Americas Beverages Names New President

PepsiCo, Inc. announces that Debra Crew has been named president, PepsiCo Americas Beverages. 

 

In this new expanded role, Crew will oversee 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. She will report to PepsiCo Americas Beverages CEO Al Carey and be based in Chicago. Sarah Robb O'Hagan, who had served as president of Gatorade, is leaving PepsiCo to pursue other opportunities.

 

The new role is consistent with PepsiCo's strategy announced earlier this year to drive more integration, collaboration and efficiency across its businesses.

 

Crew, who currently serves as president of PepsiCo's Western Europe business and also has responsibility for commercial and innovation planning across the company's Europe sector, is one of PepsiCo's rising executive leaders. She has strong multi-category experience, and is a seasoned global leader in international brand building, general management, product development and innovation.

 

Prior to joining PepsiCo, Crew worked for Mars, Inc. as general manager and a chief marketing officer. Crew also spent a number of years in leadership and brand management roles at Kraft Foods, where her experience included foodservice, snacks and desserts. She also held senior roles at Nestle.

 

As part of the new structure, the company will name new leaders at Gatorade and Western Europe in the coming weeks. Crew joined PepsiCo in April 2010 as president of PepsiCo's Western Europe business, based in Geneva.