MUMBAI: PepsiCo India announced on Thursday the appointment of Garima Singh as head of government affairs and communications. Singh takes over from Viraj Chouhan who is elevated to the role of vice president, global market communications.

Prior to the new appointment, Singh was head of corporate affairs at HeroMotoCorp and as part of her experience of over 20 years has led public affairs mandate for companies like Mondelez, Apple, Mahindra & Mahindra amongst others.

In her new role at PepsiCo India, Singh will be a key business partner managing long-term policy risks and opportunities to shape public policy decisions for sustainable, responsible business growth of the company.

Chouhan, on the other hand, will take up a global role with him being a focal point for all global market communications teams outside the US, covering both internal and external communications. He will serve as the head of the markets center of excellence, providing support & guidance to teams and drive positive outcomes around key themes including pep+, diversity, engagement & inclusion, digital transformation and community.

Armed with over 25 years work experience, Chouhan joined PepsiCo India in November 2018, and has been an integral part of the India leadership team. As chief govt. affairs and communications officer, he has been instrumental in building a world class, cohesive function that has had some major wins across all areas of work, according to the company. On the sustainability side, he has been instrumental in driving the PepsiCo ecosystem in India to collect & dispose 100 per cent of post-consumer plastic waste by December 2021.