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Indra K. Nooyi

Indra K. Nooyi is chairman and chief executive officer for PepsiCo, Inc. Prior to assuming her current position on May 2, 2007, Ms. Nooyi was president and chief executive officer. Prior to that, as president and chief financial officer, she was responsible for all of PepsiCo’s corporate functions, including finance, strategy, business process optimization, corporate platforms and innovation, procurement, investor relations and information technology.

Ms. Nooyi has also served as senior vice president and chief financial officer, and senior vice president of corporate strategy and development. She played key roles in the Tricon spin-off, the purchase of Tropicana, the public offering of Pepsi Cola bottling group and the merger with Quaker Foods.

Before joining PepsiCo, Ms. Nooyi was senior vice president of strategy and strategic marketing for Asea Brown Boveri, and vice president and director of corporate strategy and planning at Motorola.

A graduate of Madras Christian College in India with a degree in chemistry, physics and math, she earned a master’s degree in finance and marketing from the Indian Institute of Management in Calcutta. She also holds a master’s degree in public and private management from the Yale School of Management.

In addition to being a member of the PepsiCo board of directors, Ms. Nooyi serves as a member of the boards of Motorola, the International Rescue Committee and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City. She is a Successor Fellow of Yale Corporation and on the advisory boards of Yale School of Management, the board of trustees of Eisenhower Fellowships and Asia Society and a member of the Executive Committee of the Trilateral Commission.

September 2007