Kyle is the CEO of the PepsiCo Australia & New Zealand BU leading the strategic agenda across both the food and beverage businesses, and the CEO of the PepsiCo Indochina Foods BU. He is passionate about developing teams, driving transformation for positive purpose and winning in the market.​

Kyle has a wealth of experience in the FMCG industry. He joined PepsiCo in 2007 and has a variety of end to end experiences of increasing responsibility across field operations, strategic account leadership, field GM, go to market design, sales strategy and enterprise customer leadership.​

With a keen focus on the customer and the consumer, Kyle's previous position as Vice President and General Manager for Frito Lay–Walmart (a $4 billion annual business), led to his appointment as PepsiCo ANZ CEO in January 2022. In this role he established an Omni-Channel team, creating breakthrough innovative solutions for the retailer and their consumers to strengthen PepsiCo’s position as Walmart’s leading supplier, which led to the team being awarded Walmart’s prestigious Supplier of The Year award in 2021.​

Kyle is passionate about driving sustainable growth and steering PepsiCo toward its vision to: 'Be the Global Leader in Convenient Foods and Beverages by Winning with PepsiCo Positive’. He believes a strong customer and human-centric strategy that executes innovative solutions will position the ANZ and Indochina businesses as indispensable in the marketplace.

Kyle is a purposeful leader who intrinsically fosters a people-first culture to inspire both joy and professional fulfillment in the workplace. He sees diversity as a competitive advantage and is inspired by his ANZ executive leadership team who come from a range of backgrounds, nationalities and are 60% female.​

Originally from Missouri, USA, Kyle and his husband currently live in Sydney, Australia. Fans of travel, being outdoors and on water, they enjoy spending time traveling and experiencing the amazing sights of Australia and New Zealand.

As General Manager, Alexia leads the end-to-end operations of our Australia Foods business across its iconic snacks portfolio including Smith’s, Red Rock Deli, Doritos, Sakata, Sunbites and Twisties. She leads a team of more than 1000+ people across key operating functions such as commercial, supply chain, marketing & R&D.

Alexia has been with PepsiCo for more than 18 years, holding various senior roles within Australia and Asia Pacific, including Chief Commercial Officer for Australia Foods, PepsiCo ANZ. She was also General Manager – Malaysia and Singapore, where she had overall responsibility for PepsiCo’s portfolio across beverages, Quaker Oats and Snacks and Senior Director of Beverages, leading the business across Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore.

Alexia has more than 25 years of experience across the industry, beginning her career in finance and working across sales, revenue management and transformation. Prior to PepsiCo, she worked with leading global FMCG and retail businesses including Campbell Arnott’s, Goodman Fielder, and Sainsbury’s Supermarkets in the UK.

Alexia is passionate about championing diversity across all levels of the organisation. She has been a trailblazer within PepsiCo, helping pave the way for other females and she continues to champion female leadership across the organisation.

Known to everyone as “Lex”, Alexia lives in Sydney with her husband and three children. Outside work she enjoys taking on personal fitness challenges; whether it be running, half ironman or ocean swimming. She enjoys spending time with her family at the beach, exploring the world through travel, and great coffee.

Stephan Anderson is General Manager of PepsiCo Beverages Australia and New Zealand and was appointed in February 2024. In this role, Stephan has end-to-end responsibility for the beverages business and ensuring strategic alignment with our franchise bottling partners, Asahi Lifestyle Beverages and Frucor Suntory.

Stephan’s focus includes bringing innovations from PepsiCo’s iconic global beverage brands to local consumers, including the launch of bubly®, the first new brand PepsiCo has launched since operating in Australia and New Zealand.

Stephan also serves as Chief Financial Officer for the PepsiCo ANZ business, a role he has held since joining PepsiCo in 2022. In this role, Stephan leads the finance and strategy functions across PepsiCo ANZ’s three operating units; PepsiCo Foods Australia, PepsiCo Foods New Zealand and PepsiCo Beverages  Australia & New Zealand.

Prior to PepsiCo, Stephan spent eight years with Asahi Beverages, where he held various senior strategy and finance roles. Stephan has also held finance positions in Europe and Asia with British Telecom, Antheuser-Busch InBev, Burger King and Kerry Foods.​

Stephan is a board member of the Australian Beverages Council.​

Stephan holds a Bachelor of Accounting degree from the University of Stirling and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.

Originally from Scotland, Stephan relocated to Australia in 2013 where he lives with his wife and son. In his personal time, Stephan enjoys watching football and playing basketball with his son.

Michelle Cassettari has been General Manager of PepsiCo Foods New Zealand since February 2022. In this role, Michelle is responsible for the Bluebird Foods business, leading a cross-functional team of more than 360 people across our corporate offices and manufacturing site.

The first female appointed to this position, Michelle is a strong champion of diversity and inclusion, increasing female representation across the business.

Michelle’s six-year PepsiCo career has focused on aligning with our retail partners to deliver exceptional experiences for New Zealanders and Australians when they shop for and enjoy our iconic snack brands.

In her previous role at PepsiCo, Michelle led the Australia Foods Woolworths account as Sales Director and was instrumental in the development of PepsiCo’s first 4 Health Star Rated potato and corn chip range, Simply.

With more than 20 years of experience in the FMCG industry, Michelle began her career with Mondelez before spending 13 years at Unilever in senior category and customer roles.

Michelle holds a Bachelor of Commerce & Accounting degree and an MBA.

In her personal time, Michelle loves drinking tea, trivia and travelling with her husband and two sons.