PepsiCo names Tony West EVP, government affairs, general counsel and corporate secretary
Our next new hire is at PepsiCo, which is bringing in Tony West as executive vice president of government affairs, general counsel and corporate secretary, effective November 24. He succeeds Larry Thompson, who is retiring after almost a decade of service.
West joins PepsiCo from the US Department of Justice, where he served as Associate Attorney General of the United States, the agency's third-ranking official. In his new role, he will be responsible for PepsiCo's worldwide legal function and government affairs organization, as well as the company's global compliance function and the PepsiCo Foundation.
