Massimo F. d’Amore

Massimo F. d’Amore was named Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo Americas Beverages in November, 2007. PepsiCo Americas Beverages has a beverage portfolio including PCNA, Gatorade, Tropicana, all of PepsiCo’s Latin American beverage businesses, and its North America PepsiCo Food Service division.

Previously, Mr. d’Amore was is Executive Vice President Commercial for PepsiCo International, a position he assumed in November, 2005, after serving as President, Latin America Region for 4 years and SVP, Corporate Strategy & Development for PepsiCo for 2 years. Mr. d’Amore was also Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Pepsi-Cola International (PCI), a position he assumed in 1998 and Business Unit General Manager (BUGM), Turkey/Central Asia since 1999. 

Prior to PepsiCo, Mr. d’Amore had a 15-year international career with Procter & Gamble in Operations, Marketing and General Management in Europe and North Africa.

Mr. d’Amore is a native of Italy and an engineering graduate from the Swiss Polytechnic Institute in Lausanne, where he also earned a Master of Science Degree.  He has lived in Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, Morocco, France and for the last 12 ½ years in the U.S.  He is fluent in English, Italian and French; and has a working command of Spanish and German.  He has three children and resides in Westchester.

PepsiCo is one of the world’s largest convenient food and beverage companies, with 2006 revenues of more than $35 billion. The company operates in nearly 200 countries, and employs more than 168,000 people worldwide.  The PepsiCo portfolio includes 17 brands that generate $1 billion or more each in annual retail sales.