PepsiCo Names Walmart China Chief Wern-Yuen Tan CEO of APAC Region
June 03 2020 - 6:54AM
Dow Jones News
By Colin Kellaher
PepsiCo Inc. on Wednesday said it named Wern-Yuen Tan chief
executive of its Asia Pacific, Australia, New Zealand and China
region, effective June 15.
The Purchase, N.Y., beverages and snacks giant said Mr. Tan
joins from Walmart Inc., where he was president and CEO of Walmart
China, leading 100,000 employees responsible for more than $10
billion in annual revenue across the Walmart, Sam's Club and
e-commerce businesses.
PepsiCo said Mr. Tan succeeds Ram Krishnan, who will transition
fully to his role as global chief commercial officer. Mr. Krishnan
had been serving as CEO of the company's APAC region when he was
named to succeed Laxman Narasimhan as global chief commercial
officer last June.
Mr. Tan, who will be based in Singapore, will report to PepsiCo
CEO Ramon Laguarta, the company said.
Write to Colin Kellaher at colin.kellaher@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
June 03, 2020 06:39 ET (10:39 GMT)
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