Hugh Johnston

Currently, Hugh F.
Johnston is Chief Financial Officer & Senior Executive VP at The Walt Disney Co. since 2023.
He is an Independent Director at Microsoft Corp.
since 2017 and at HCA Healthcare, Inc. since 2021.
He serves as Director at The College of New Rochelle and at Peter G.
Peterson Institute for International Economics since 2013.
He is a Member of The Wall Street Journal, Inc. Chief Financial Officer Network, Det Systemiske Risikoråd, and CNBC Global CFO Council.
Formerly, Mr. Johnston was Vice Chairman, Chief Financial Officer & EVP at PepsiCo, Inc. from 2015 to 2023.
He was Director at The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. in 2007.
He served as Independent Director at Oath, Inc. from 2013 to 2015 and at X Corp.
(United States) from 2016 to 2017.
He was Principal at GE Aerospace.
He held the position of Vice President-Retail at Merck & Co., Inc. from 1999 to 2002 and Vice President-Retail Marketing at Merck-Medco Managed Care LLC in 2002.
He was President of Pepsi-Cola North America from 2007 to 2009.
He was Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President at PepsiCo Beverages & Foods North America in 2005.
He was Executive Vice President-Global Operations at PepsiCo Americas Beverages.
Education includes an undergraduate degree from Syracuse University and an MBA from The University of Chicago.