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10 PepsiCo marketing leaders
These ten current and former PepsiCo marketing leaders include the chief marketing officer of Quaker Foods US and a former PepsiCo chief marketing officer for Asia Pacific, alongside senior vice presidents and vice presidents of beverage, foods, brand, shopper and omnichannel marketing. A reader can learn how PepsiCo builds brands across its beverage and food portfolios.
Professionals to explore
01—10Denise Truelove
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President Marketing, Core Foods Brands · PepsiCo
Senior Vice President Marketing, Core Foods Brands at PepsiCo since 2023, with a profile headline placing the role in PepsiCo Foods, U.S. The profile also lists Mars roles as Global VP Brands (2022–2023), Global Portfolio Director (2019–2022) and Global Brand Director (2017–2019).
Gustavo Reyna
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Marketing Pepsi · PepsiCo
Vice President, Marketing Pepsi at PepsiCo since 2025. Other PepsiCo roles include Senior Director, Global Marketing Foods (2024–2025), Senior Director, Global Marketing Pepsi (2022–2024), Senior Director, Global Marketing & Portfolio Strategy Colas (2019–2021) and Marketing Manager, CSD Latin America (2011–2012).
Irina Kotik
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Marketing · PepsiCo
Vice President Marketing at PepsiCo since 2022, and Snr Marketing and Digital Marketing Director at PepsiCo (2021–2022), a role the profile places in Moscow. The profile also lists Unilever roles as Marketing Communications, Media and Digital Transformation Director (2020–2021) and Digital marketing, Media and eCommerce Director (2018–2020).
James Wade
LinkedInExperience: VP, Chief Marketing Officer Quaker Foods US · PepsiCo
VP, Chief Marketing Officer Quaker Foods US at PepsiCo since 2026, a role the profile places in the Marketing department at C-Level. Other PepsiCo roles include Sr. Director Marketing, Doritos Brand (2024–2026), Sr. Director - Portfolio Marketing Frito Lay North America (2022–2024) and Director of Marketing - PepsiCo Foodservice (2019–2021).
Julie Raheja-Perera
LinkedInExperience: VP, PepsiCo Omnichannel Marketing · PepsiCo
VP, PepsiCo Omnichannel Marketing at PepsiCo since 2024. The profile also lists a CMO VP Marketing - Central Division - PepsiCo Beverages North America role that led brand marketing, shopper marketing and insights, plus General Manager Vice President (2021–2024) and Marketing Director - Tropicana & Gatorade (2008–2009) at PepsiCo.
Lauren Prescott
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President, Beverage Portfolio Marketing · PepsiCo
Senior Vice President, Beverage Portfolio Marketing at PepsiCo since 2025. Other PepsiCo roles include Vice President General Manager PepsiCo - Starbucks North American Coffee Partnership (2022–2025), Senior Director of Marketing PepsiCo Beverages North Division (2021–2022), Senior Director of Marketing PepsiCo - Starbucks North American Coffee Partnership (2018–2021) and Director of Marketing Pepsi (2016–2018).
Lilly Yip
LinkedInExperience: Chief Marketing Officer, Asia Pacific, Australia & New Zealand and China · PepsiCo
Former Chief Marketing Officer, Asia Pacific, Australia & New Zealand and China at PepsiCo (2020–2025), a role the profile places in the Marketing department at C-Level. Other PepsiCo roles include SVP & General Manager, PepsiCo Greater China Beverages (2021–2025), Marketing VP, Beverages Category, PepsiCo Greater China Region (2016–2019) and Head of Insights, Greater China Region (2012–2016).
Maria Teresa LaSpisa
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Marketing · PepsiCo
Senior Director of Marketing at PepsiCo since 2020, based in Purchase, New York; the profile describes leading marketing and innovation for a beverages portfolio, shaping growth strategy, brand equity development and full-funnel execution across media, retail and e-commerce. It also lists Principal, Marketing Transformation at Accenture (2018–2020).
Nicolle Poole
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Shopper Marketing · PepsiCo
Vice President Shopper Marketing at PepsiCo since 2024, a role in the Marketing department at President/Vice President level. Other PepsiCo roles include Vice President Brand and Portfolio Commercialization (2023–2024), Vice President Global Foods (2020–2023) and Senior Director Marketing (2017–2018).
Umi Patel
LinkedInExperience: VP Marketing Innovation and Hydration Brands · PepsiCo
VP Marketing Innovation and Hydration Brands at PepsiCo since 2025, with a profile headline of VP Marketing @ PepsiCo International Beverages, Hydration and Innovation. Other PepsiCo roles include VP Consumer Insights, Analytics for North America PepsiCo Beverage Portfolio (2021–2025), VP Marketing PepsiCo Beverages North Division Regional CMO (2019–2021) and Sr Director Marketing Brand Pepsi (2018–2019).
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Match the person's portfolio and region to your question: beverage and foods brand leaders suit questions about brand strategy and innovation, while shopper and omnichannel leaders suit questions about retail and ecommerce execution. Check whether the PepsiCo role is current or past before asking about recent practice.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a large food and beverage company decide which brands in its portfolio get more marketing investment?
- 02How do brand, shopper and omnichannel marketing teams work together on a product launch?
- 03What does a marketing leader look at to judge whether a brand campaign grew sales?
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