October 26/Mumbai, India/The Times of India -- In key top-level changes announced by Pepsi-Co, its CEO for South East Asia, Manu Anand, will take over as chairman & CEO, PepsiCo's India region from the current incumbent, Sanjeev Chadha, with effect from January 1, 2011.
Chadha will take over as PepsiCo's chief for the Middle East & Africa, the company said in a release. He will also be a member of PepsiCo's global leadership team: the PepsiCo Executive Committee. Chadha's new area of responsibility -- Middle East & Africa -- is one of the largest and most profitable regions of PepsiCo, and is headquartered in Dubai.