Indra NooyiPepsiCo CEO

Presentation by Margaret Davidson March 28, 2013

Nooyi has been a driving force in PepsiCo’s turnaround & is one of the world’s most powerful women

• Currently CEO of PepsiCo after previously serving as the company’s chief strategist and CFO

• Instrumental in the company’s spinoff of Yum! Brands and the acquisition of Quaker and Tropicana

• Since she became CFO in 2000, the company’s financial position improved dramatically– 72% increase in annual revenues – More than two times the net profit, reaching $5.6

billion in 2006

• One of the most high profile women in the world: – #2 on Fortune’s 50 Most Powerful Women in Business

(2011)– #4 on Forbes’ 100 Most Powerful Women (2011)

Nooyi comes from a traditional Indian family, but broke the mold from a young age

• Pushed to get good grades but also to follow her dreams

• Strongly influenced by her mother• One of the first female cricket

players in India• Played guitar in an all-girl rock

band• Always had a fascination with the

US• Attended Yale SOM

Nooyi transitions seamlessly from home to work

Nooyi never forgets that she’s a mother, wife, and daughter – or a CEO

• Speaks to her mother twice per day

• Learns from her daughters about technology

• Uses her husband as a sounding board

She integrates her values into her work with “Performance with a Purpose”

• Diversifying product line to include both “treats” and “healthy eats”

• Promoting corporate programs to fight childhood obesity

• Working toward environmental sustainability

• Encourages employees to bring their whole selves to work

• Promotes corporate policies to enable employees to have fulfilling lives outside work

Total Leadership in practice• Living true to her values both at home and at

work

• Integrating stakeholders into all of her domains

• Acting with integrity – being herself wherever she goes

• Brings stakeholders toward her leadership vision by showing them that she cares about them and that they have a stake in this vision

• Shares her story in a genuine and powerful way, being willing to reveal her vulnerabilities