Head of enterprise risk management
PepsiCo
Purchase, NY
As head of enterprise risk management at food and beverage giant PepsiCo, John Adams provides leadership to the senior management team on signifi cant strategic, operational, financial and reputational risks, and works with the company’s businesses to develop the strategies, processes and tools for risk mitigation. Prior to his current position, Adams served in various roles at PepsiCo, including as head of investor strategy, CFO for the company’s global procurement organization and VP of finance for its international beverage division.
Adams is also a member of the Board of the Business Consortium Fund, the nation’s most comprehensive fi nancing and business support organization dedicated exclusively to serving mid-sized to large minority-owned businesses. He also sits on the advisory committee of the Center for Excellence in Enterprise Risk Management at St. John University’s Peter J. Tobin College of Business.
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The first American slogan for Pepsi was “Twice as much for a nickel”
