Indra Nooyi takes over as PepsiCo’s CFO
New York: Ms. Indra Nooyi’s appointment as chief financial officer of PepsiCo Inc. last Monday, could not have come at a more opportune time, for this high profile Indian-born women, who has already headed several top-notch executive positions in corporate America. With the recent announcement of Pepsico Inc’s $13.4 billion acquisition of Quacker Oats Co. to be completed in he first or second quarter of next year, Ms. Nooyi is eventually expected to further expand on her duties at PepsiCo and assume the additional post of president.

Ms.Nooyi joined Pepsico six years ago and has been involved in every major strategic decision the company has made including the decision to spin off its fast food chain in 1997, the drive to acquire Tropicana in 1998 and the decision to cast off Pepsico’s bottling operations.

Born in India, Ms. Nooyi went to the United States in 1978 to attend Yale University’s graduate school of management and subsequently joined the Boston Consulting Group. She later moved to Motorola Inc as vice president looking after corporate and business strategy and planning, a role she continued to play at Asea Brown Boveri, before she joined PepsiCo to assist its chief Roger Enrico.

Ms Nooyi, 44, balances her high profile business career with her family, consisting of husband, who is a management consultant and two daughters aged 16 and 7 years.
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