
	Mr. Hugh F. Johnston has been the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President at Pepsico, Inc. since March 2010. Mr. Johnston is responsible for providing strategic financial leadership; ensuring PepsiCo&#39;s capital structure, financial systems and controls; and forecasting models. As a Member of the executive leadership team at Pepsico, Mr. Johnston also builds financial infrastructure, oversees risk management, and upholds its finance and accounting policies and procedures. He joined PepsiCo in 1987 and has held a number of increasing leadership roles, including Senior Vice President, Transformation and Senior Vice President, Mergers and Acquisitions. Mr. Johnston served as the Chief Operating Officer of Pepsico, Inc. since October 2006 and served as its Executive Vice President of Information Technology &amp; Global Procurement since September 2006. He served as Executive Vice President of Global Operations at Pepsico, Inc. since November 2009 and served as its Executive Vice President of Operations from October 2006 to November 2007. Mr. Johnston served as President of Pepsi-Cola North America at Pepsico, Inc. and The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. since November 2007. He left PepsiCo from August 1999 to March 2002 to pursue a general management role as Vice President, Retail at Merck Medco, leading its retail pharmacy card business. He served as Vice Chairman at The American Beverage Association until April 28, 2010. Mr. Johnston has been an Independent Director at AOL Inc. since October 2012. He served as a Director at The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. from May 2007 to November 2007. He holds a Master&#39;s degree in Finance and Accounting from the University of Chicago and a Bachelor&#39;s of Science degree in Finance from the Syracuse University.
