PepsiCo East Balkans has appointed Ahmet Levent Yüksel general manager, replacing Pavlos Katsivelis. Before being named on this position, Levent Yüksel was VP sales operations with PepsiCo Turkey. PepsiCo East Balkans includes the refreshing beverages division in Romania and the snacks divisions in Romania, Bulgaria and the Republic of Moldova.

Levent Yuksel, a Turkey Technical University graduate, has been working with PepsiCo for the last 16 years. Before that, he worked with Pricewaterhouse Coopers in Istanbul and Hague. Check his CV here.

PepsiCo owns the QAB and Star Foods companies in Romania. It runs three production units in Romania.

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