Jon Banner

Jon Banner is Executive Vice President, Global Communications and President, PepsiCo Foundation at PepsiCo. PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. PepsiCo generated more than $67 billion in net revenue in 2019, driven by a complementary food and beverage portfolio that includes Frito- Lay, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Quaker and Tropicana. PepsiCo's product portfolio includes a wide range of enjoyable foods and beverages, including 23 brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales. Banner has led Global Communications since May 2014 and the PepsiCo Foundation since September 2017. He holds responsibility for PepsiCo’s internal and external communications across all business units and global sectors, while also steering the company’s philanthropic arm and its nearly 60-year legacy of investing in community impact. Banner reimagined the Foundation’s role in advancing a more sustainable food system through partnerships and philanthropic investments to alleviate hunger, manage water and waste responsibly, and support female change agents. In 2020, he led the Foundation’s broad response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including donating more than $60 million to COVID relief and 130 million meals to families in need. Previously, he served as PepsiCo Senior Vice President for Global Strategy and Planning, where he was pivotal in setting PepsiCo’s global communications strategy, partnering closely with business units and the leadership team to consistently achieve key business objectives. Banner has more than two decades of journalism experience. Prior to joining PepsiCo, Banner held senior-level executive and editorial positions at ABC News, where he led the rebranding of the news division, worked with the world’s leading anchors, controlled all editorial, creative and financial aspects of the network's flagship broadcast, and managed a global team that included several hundred employees around the world.