Erick Scheel

Erick Scheel is President of the Latin America Beverages Division of PepsiCo. Erick has over 30 years’ experience in the beverage industry both in PepsiCo and in the bottling business.

In his previous role, Erick was the Portfolio Strategy & Commercial Transformation Vice-President, for Grupo Gepp, PepsiCo’s partner in Mexico. He also led the Commercial function at cbc, PepsiCo’s bottler in Central America, the Caribbean, Peru, and Ecuador.

During his 19 years at PepsiCo, Erick served as General Manager for PepsiCo Latin America Beverages in the Andean region, and before that he led the PepsiCo franchise business for the Hispanic Caribbean and Central America regions.

Currently Erick sits on the board of several of the PepsiCo system bottlers in the region.

Erick holds a M.S. in Chemical Engineering from the Universidad del Valle in Guatemala, an MBA from the Universidad Francisco Marroquin in Guatemala, and holds a diploma from the Business Strat Program at IMD Business School.