About

Since 2015, David Flavell has led the legal function responsible for PepsiCo’s Latin American beverage and foods business, including PepsiCo Mexico Foods and PepsiCo South America, Central America and Caribbean Foods (SACCAF). He also oversees North American legal affairs for PepsiCo’s snack food subsidiary Frito Lay and leads a team of more than 80 lawyers and support staff across North and South America. Since 2016 he has taken on additional responsibility for global employment and human rights issues. Flavell joined PepsiCo’s Dubai offices in 2011 as senior vice president and general counsel for the Asia, Middle East and Africa (AMEA) regions, where he oversaw some of its most important matters in the region, including the re-franchising of its bottling operations in China. He is, says one nominator, ‘that most valuable of assets to a global business: a senior adviser who can adapt rapidly to new markets while maintaining an understanding of the group’s overall strategy and priorities. Anyone who has worked with him will tell you he is a truly outstanding business leader’. Flavell has extensive experience advising multinational corporations in emerging markets. He has previously served as Shanghai-based general counsel for Danone’s Asia Pacific and Middle East business, as well as M&A and global transactional counsel for New Zealand-based global dairy ingredient businesses Fonterra Cooperative Group. Before moving in-house he spent 10 years as an M&A and anti-trust partner at leading Australian law firm, Corrs Chambers Westgarth.