Currently, Hugh F. Johnston holds the position of Vice Chairman, Chief Financial Officer & EVP at PepsiCo, Inc. and President of Pepsi-Cola North America (a subsidiary of PepsiCo, Inc.).

He is also on the board of Microsoft Corp., The College of New Rochelle, Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics and Det Systemiske Risikoråd and Member of Cnbc Global Cfo Council and Member-Chief Financial Officer Network at The Wall Street Journal, Inc.

In his past career Mr. Johnston held the position of Executive Vice President-Global Operations at PepsiCo, Inc. Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President at PepsiCo Beverages & Foods North America and Executive Vice President-Global Operations at PepsiCo Americas Beverages (both are subsidiaries of PepsiCo, Inc.), Vice President-Retail at Merck & Co., Inc. and Vice President-Retail at Merck-Medco Managed Care LLC (a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc.) and Principal at General Electric Co.

Hugh F. Johnston received an MBA from The University of Chicago and an undergraduate degree from Syracuse University.