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10 PepsiCo finance leaders

These ten finance leaders have each held a PepsiCo CFO title, covering businesses from North America and Gatorade to Pakistan and North Asia. A reader can learn how they approach planning, forecasting and business partnering in division, region and business-unit finance roles.

10 professionals1 companiesData retrieved September 29, 2026

Professionals to explore

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  1. Ahmed Atef Ghoneim

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    Experience: Vice President & CFO Middle East, Pakistan, and Sub-Saharan Africa (Beverages) · PepsiCo

    Vice President & CFO Middle East, Pakistan, and Sub-Saharan Africa (Beverages) at PepsiCo since March 2025. The profile also lists Vice President & Head of FP&A Africa, Middle East, and South Asia (AMESA) (2023–2025), VP & Chief Financial Officer - North Africa BU (2019–2023), Chief Financial Officer, North Asia, Philipines, Indonesia and Malaysia (2018) and Finance Director - Beverage (2014–2018).

  2. Israel K.

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    Experience: SVP & Chief Financial Officer - PepsiCo Beverages U.S. · PepsiCo

    Current SVP & Chief Financial Officer - PepsiCo Beverages U.S. at PepsiCo, a role held since January 2025. The source listing shows only this PepsiCo role, so the profile is most useful for questions about the finance function of PepsiCo's U.S. beverages business during 2025 and 2026.

  3. Jason Zylka

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    Experience: CFO, Gatorade Portfolio · PepsiCo

    CFO, Gatorade Portfolio at PepsiCo since May 2021, listed at C-Level in Finance & Accounting. The profile also lists PepsiCo roles as Senior Director Supply Chain and Field Ops Finance - Central Division (2021), Senior Director Retail Sales Finance - Central Division (2019–2021), Senior Director Chilled DSD Finance (2017–2019) and Director of PBC Bottling FP&A (2015–2017).

  4. M. Azeem Ansari

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    Experience: CFO, PepsiCo North America · PepsiCo

    CFO, PepsiCo North America since 2025, after serving as CFO, PepsiCo Beverages North America (2024). The profile also lists CFO and SVP Strategy & Transformation, PepsiCo Africa, Middle East & South Asia (AMESA) Sector (2021–2024), SVP & CFO, PepsiCo Africa, Middle East & South Asia (AMESA) Sector (2020–2021) and SVP & CFO, PepsiCo Russia, Ukraine & CIS (2016–2019).

  5. Omar Yousaf

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    Experience: Senior Director Finance - Global Operations · PepsiCo

    Senior Director Finance - Global Operations at PepsiCo since 2022. Former CFO and Senior Director - Pakistan BU (2018–2022) and CFO - North Asia, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia (2016–2018), with Director Finance Supply Chain & Capital Planning - Asia Pacific (2015–2016) and Director Financial Planning & Analysis - Asia Pacific (2012–2015) also listed. The profile highlights CFO, FP&A and P&L leadership.

  6. Rajdeep Datta Gupta

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    Experience: VP Finance - Marketing, Innovation and Growth Office, Frito Lay · PepsiCo

    VP Finance - Marketing, Innovation and Growth Office, Frito Lay at PepsiCo since 2024, after V.P. Finance Transformation, Corporate (2022–2024). The profile also lists CFO Corporate Functions (2022), CFO, Pepsico Global Concentrate Solutions (2019–2022) and CFO and Vice President Finance, PepsiCo India Region (2016–2019), and describes working with business teams through strategic insights and performance management processes.

  7. Ralph Goedderz

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    Experience: CFO Foods & Beverages, Texoma Region and VP Finance Transformation. · PepsiCo

    CFO Foods & Beverages, Texoma Region and VP Finance Transformation at PepsiCo since November 2025. The profile also lists PepsiCo roles as Vice President Supply Chain Finance (2021–2025), CFO & VP Finance Global Information Technology (2018–2021), VP Finance & Revenue Management (2014–2018) and Region CFO (2012–2014), and highlights FP&A, revenue management, supply chain, M&A and digital transformation experience.

  8. Svetlana Gavryushina

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    Experience: FP&A Senior finance director · PepsiCo

    FP&A Senior finance director at PepsiCo since 2021 and former CFO Beverages at PepsiCo (2019–2021), with Transformation finance director (2019), Finance Director Sales (2018) and Finance Director Dairy Supply Chain (2013–2018) also listed. The highlight describes leading 5-year strategy development, annual planning and target setting, and rolling forecasting for a $5 BN business.

  9. Taeyoup Choi

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    Experience: North Asia CFO · PepsiCo

    North Asia CFO at PepsiCo since 2012. The profile describes work as Korea MU CFO from June 2012 to October 2015 and as North Asia (Korea and Japan) CFO from November 2015, responsible for delivering the AOP financial plan (volume, NR, NOPBT and OCF) for Korea MU and Japan. Also listed: Head Of Finance at Intel (2009–2012) and Finance manager at P & G (1999–2008).

  10. Ximena Roa

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    Experience: Senior Vice President Finance Pepsico Foods · PepsiCo

    Senior Vice President Finance Pepsico Foods at PepsiCo since December 2025, after VP Financial Planning and Analysis, Frito Lay North America (2023–2025) and Chief Financial Officer - PepsiCo Foods Canada (2020–2023). The profile also lists Sr. Finance Director eCommerce, Warehouse and New Business (2019–2020) and Senior Finance Director South Region (2017–2019) at PepsiCo.

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Match the person's scope to your decision: a region or business-unit CFO suits questions about running finance for a single market, while FP&A and transformation leaders suit questions about planning cycles and process change. Check whether the relevant PepsiCo role is current or past before asking about recent practice.

Questions to take into the conversation

  1. 01How do you build an annual operating plan and rolling forecast for a large beverage or snack business unit?
  2. 02How does a business-unit CFO work with commercial and supply chain leaders on pricing, productivity and investment decisions?
  3. 03What changed in your finance processes during a finance transformation program, and what would you do differently?

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