PepsiCo appoints Wern-Yuen Tan as Chief Govt Officer of APAC
Ram Krishnan completely changes into the role of PepsiCo's Global Chief Commercial Officer
Food company, PepsiCo, Inc. has announced that Wern-Yuen Tan has been appointed Chief Executive Officer for Asia Pacific, Australia, New Zealand and China ("APAC") and oversees all PepsiCo activities in the region. Mr. Tan, who will take up his new position on June 15, 2020, will be based in Singapore and report to PepsiCo's CEO, Ramon Laguarta.
"We all at PepsiCo are pleased to welcome Wern-Yuen as our new CEO of APAC at this unprecedented change and opportunity," said Ramon Laguarta, CEO of PepsiCo. “Wern-Yuen has driven transformative innovations and results in every step of his career and has gained extensive experience with consumers in this diverse region through positions in the areas of retail, catering and consulting. His leadership will be instrumental in accelerating growth by leveraging our scale and creating more local solutions in these important markets. "
Before PepsiCo, Tan was President and CEO of Walmart China There he led a team of 100,000 people responsible for annual sales of over $ 10 billion / £ 7.9 billion in the Walmart, Sam & # 39; s Club and e-commerce businesses. During his tenure, he led Walmart China through a period of change to become an industry pioneer in omnichannel innovation and retail digitization.
Before joining Walmart in 2017, Tan was Managing Director of MC Donalds Taiwan, where he gained valuable experience in the food service sector. At the beginning of his career, he was a principal at the Boston Consulting Group, where he advised retail and consumer clients on growth strategy, innovation and turnarounds. Tan started his career in the Singapore government.
"I am very pleased to be part of PepsiCo, a truly global company whose products are recognized worldwide," said Tan. “With deep roots in the region and an unprecedented offering, PepsiCo is uniquely positioned to expand its market share and existing omnichannel capabilities in APAC. I look forward to working with Ramon and the entire leadership team to drive growth and localized solutions in this dynamic part of the world. "
Ram Krishnan, who served as CEO of APAC, will now move fully to his previously announced role as Global Chief Commercial Officer of PepsiCo. The role was created to support PepsiCo's efforts to accelerate growth, with a focus on scaling innovation, trade and transformation capabilities. This includes building a data-driven demand ecosystem; Portfolio transformation; Innovation with speed and impact; Development of basic e-commerce, revenue management and market launch functions.
Laguarta continued: “I would also like to express my deep gratitude to Ram and the APAC management team for their phenomenal work in managing our business in a historically difficult time, while achieving strong results and making PepsiCo faster, stronger and better. Ram will now return to full time as Global Chief Commercial Officer, a pivotal position for PepsiCo's winning with purpose strategy. His continued leadership will be a tremendous benefit as we implement our global consumer and customer sales agenda while developing and scaling new features and business models based on data and technology to drive future growth. "
