Hugh Johnston

Hugh Johnston is vice chairman and chief financial officer of PepsiCo, a global food and beverage company that maintains a product portfolio of 22 brands.

Johnston joined PepsiCo in 1987, and has served in a variety of senior leadership positions, including executive vice president of global operations, president of Pepsi-Cola North America, senior vice president of transformation, senior vice president and chief financial officer, and senior vice president of mergers and acquisitions.

Johnston is active with a number of corporate, NGO and academic organizations, including the University of Chicago’s Booth School CFO Advisory Board, Syracuse University’s Whitman School of Management Advisory Council, and the Peterson Institute for International Economics.

Johnston holds a bachelor of science from Syracuse University and an MBA from the University of Chicago.

Johnston joined the Microsoft board as an independent director in September 2017.