Simon Lowden

About Simon

Mr. Simon Lowden has been President of Global Snacks Group at Pepsico, Inc. since November 15, 2017. Mr. Lowden served as President of Global Snacks Group and Global Insights at Pepsico, Inc. since October 22, 2015 until November 15, 2017. Before joining the Global Snacks Group, Mr. Lowden was Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, PepsiCo North America Beverages until October 22, 2015. Prior to this role, Mr. Lowden served as Chief Marketing Officer of Pepsi International for five years, where he was responsible for the development of PepsiCo’s Food and Beverage portfolio across more than 100 developing and developed markets around the world. Previously he was Vice President of Marketing, CSDs for PepsiCo International, responsible for developing and executing the beverage marketing programs around the world. Mr. Lowden joined PepsiCo from Unilever in 1996 as the Marketing Director in the United Kingdom before moving into a pan European assignment. He began his career at Unilever where he honed his trade on brands such as Lynx and Axe. He serves as Non-Executive Marketing Director of EasyMemories. Mr. Lowden is a board member of both the Pepsi Lipton Partnership and North American Coffee Partnership joint ventures with Unilever and Starbucks respectively. Mr. Lowden holds a BSC in Geography and Geomorphology from Kings College, London.