PepsiCo Inc. has promoted Al Carey to CEO, North America, a role that places him as head of all of the conglomerate’s North American divisions, the company announced Wednesday.
The move was announced jointly with the departure of Tom Greco, PepsiCo”™s Frito-Lay North America CEO.
The promotion of Carey brings all three of PepsiCo”™s North American divisions under one roof: Frito-Lay North America, North American Beverage and Quaker Foods North America.
Carey has been with PepsiCo 35 years. His most recent role was CEO of North American Beverage. He will report to PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi.
PepsiCo also announced the promotion of Kirk Tanner from chief operating officer of North American Beverage and president of Global Foodservice to president and chief operating officer of North American Beverage.
Vivek Sankaran, the chief operating officer of Frito-Lay North America, has been promoted to president and chief operating officer of Frito-Lay North America.
“PepsiCo’s deep bench of world-class leaders and our top-notch talent development capabilities allow us to elevate our next generation of talent into bigger roles,” Nooyi said in a statement.
PepsiCo generated more than $63 billion in revenue in 2015 and is headquartered in Purchase.
