Archana Jagannathan

Archana is Chief Sustainability Officer Europe, Middle East and Africa for PepsiCo and a member of the PepsiCo EMEA leadership team focused on the company's transformation strategy – PepsiCo Positive (pep+). Across EMEA, Archana leads the ambition, strategy, and governance for Positive Agriculture and Positive Value Chain, spanning climate, packaging, and water, with a clear mandate: to ensure sustainability is not an adjunct to the business, but a catalyst for long-term resilience and performance. She works at the intersection of science, policy, and commercial reality, helping the organisation navigate complexity while accelerating progress against PepsiCo's pep+ goals. Archana has played a pivotal role in shaping PepsiCo's sustainability journey in Europe. Until 2023, she was Vice President, Climate, Water & Sustainable Operations in Europe, where she led the development of PepsiCo Europe's decarbonisation strategy and advanced the company's efforts towards water efficiency and replenishment in some of the region's most water-stressed markets. Previously, Archana led PepsiCo Europe's packaging sustainability agenda, steering efforts to reduce material use, scale recyclability and reimagine packaging systems to support a circular economy for both beverages and snacks. Before moving fully into sustainability leadership, she held senior roles across category management, brand leadership, and business development at PepsiCo, GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Health (now Haleon), and The Bountiful Company (now part of Nestlé). This commercial grounding enables her to design sustainability strategies that unlock innovation, strengthen brands, and support profitable growth. Archana started her career at global consulting firm, McKinsey & Co., leaving as Associate Principal, having worked across India and Europe. During this time, she focused on clients in the consumer and healthcare vertical, advising on topics ranging from corporate strategy to marketing transformation and operational effectiveness – experience that continues to inform her systems-level approach to change.