独家：百事拉美区新掌门人——又一位全球最具影响力的商界女性

去年，卢英德辞去百事公司（PepsiCo）首席执行官一职，结束了12年的掌门生涯，也提醒人们这个令人沮丧的事实：能够挤进美国企业最高层的女性屈指可数。她在去年10月离职后，《财富》美国500强企业中的女性首席执行官的人数减少到24人。

在卢英德卸任后，食品饮料巨头百事公司高层中的女性的身影少之又少。公司六大业务部门没有一个由女性掌管，这种情况已经持续多年。

但在3月18日上午，卢英德的继任者龙嘉德改变了这种状况——他提拔宝拉·桑蒂利出任百事拉美地区的首席执行官。拉美地区生意价值74亿美元，地区首席执行官直接向龙嘉德汇报。

在龙嘉德于本月月初向员工发送的国际妇女节内部电子邮件中，这个决定已经有迹可循。《财富》杂志看到，该邮件的部分信息包括：“我们在做每一件事时，都在寻求变得更快、更强、更好，因此我们也在思考如何让女性在我们里里外外的成功中发挥更大的作用。我们可以提拔更多女性进入高管层，变得更强；也可以赋予女性参与我们产业链的权力，变得更好。”

桑蒂利之前就参与拉美地区的运营，上一职位是百事墨西哥食品公司的总经理，该公司营业收入达40亿美元。1992年以来，她就一直在桂格麦片（Quaker Oats）担任领导职务，因为桂格被百事收购而加入百事。她是消费品行业的老兵，还曾经在金宝汤（Campbell Soup）和家乐氏（Kellogg）任职。

桑蒂利接任的是拉克斯曼·纳拉希姆汉的工作，后者最近被任命为百事的全球首席商务官。现任拉丁美洲首席商务官的罗伯托·马丁内斯升任桑蒂利原来的职位，并向她汇报。

桑蒂利获得擢升前不到两周，科尔士百货(Kohl’s)的首席执行官米歇尔·加斯才刚刚加入百事董事会。（财富中文网）

译者：Agatha

When Indra Nooyi stepped down as CEO of PepsiCo last year after a 12-year run, it was a depressing reminder of how few women make it to the highest levels of corporate America. Her departure in October depleted the ranks of female Fortune 500 CEOs to a mere 24.

Nooyi’s exit from the snacking and beverage giant also highlighted the dearth of women among PepsiCo’s senior leadership. Of its six business segments, none are run by women, nor have they been for years.

But on March 18 morning, Nooyi’s successor, Ramon Laguarta, changed that by promoting Paula Santilli to CEO of PepsiCo’s Latin America operation, a $7.4 billion business, which reports directly to him.

It was a move that Laguarta foreshadowed earlier this month in an internal email sent to employees on International Women’s Day. Part of the message, viewed by Fortune, reads: “As we seek to become Faster, Stronger, and Better in everything we do, we’re thinking about how women can play a greater role in our success, internally and externally. This includes our efforts to become Stronger by elevating more women into senior management roles, along with our efforts to become Better by empowering women to participate in our supply chain.”

Santilli came up through PepsiCo’s Latin America operation and was most recently president of PepsiCo Mexico Foods, a $4 billion business. She came to PepsiCo through its acquisition of Quaker Oats, where she held leadership positions since 1992. She’s a consumer goods industry vet, also having spent time at Campbell Soup and Kellogg.

Santilli is taking over the job from Laxman Narasimhan, who was recently named global chief commercial officer of PepsiCo. Roberto Martinez, currently chief commercial officer for Latin America, is being promoted into Santilli’s old role and will report to her.

Santilli’s promotion comes less than two weeks after Kohl’s CEO Michelle Gass was named to PepsiCo’s board.