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{{Infobox person
| name = Shiv Shivakumar
| image = D Shivakumar, Member of the Board, Nokia, Finland, making a point on free and fair trade (8268146636).jpg
| image_size = 220px
| birth_date = 
| employer = Aditya Birla Group
| birth_place = [[Bangalore]], Karnataka, India
| occupation = {{unbulleted list| Group Executive President, Corporate Strategy at Aditya Birla Group}}
(contracted; show full)rier, headed the launch of Quaker Oats+Milk, which had [[Sachin Tendulkar]] as the brand ambassador.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://brandequity.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/business-of-brands/its-official-pepsico-india-and-sachin-tendulkar-team-up-to-co-create-quaker-oatsmilk/58702228|title=It's official! PepsiCo India and Sachin Tendulkar team up to co-create Quaker Oats+Milk - ET BrandEquity|last=www.ETBrandEquity.com|website=ETBrandEquity.com|language=en|access-date=2020-07-29}}</ref>


[[File:Shivakumar with Sachin.jpg|thumb|D. Shivakumar then CEO and chairman, PepsiCo India and Sachin Tendulkar during the launch of Quaker Oats+Milk in India]]

Shivakumar was at the helm when PepsiCo announced in 2013 that it was investing INR 33,000 crores in the Indian market to expand production and distribution.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/cons-products/food/pepsico-to-invest-rs-33000-cr-in-india-by-2020-indra-nooyi/articleshow/25593907.cms?from=mdr|title=PepsiCo to invest Rs 33,000 cr in India by 2020: Indra Nooyi|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2020-07-29}}</ref>

He also oversaw the much talked about Pepsi walkout from the [[Indian Premier League]]. Pepsi ended its title sponsorship with IPL in 2015, two years before the 5-year contract was set to expire by 2017. This pulling out of the contract was due to the match-fixing scandals that had brought disrepute to the league.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/top-stories/Pepsi-back-as-BCCIs-associate-sponsor/articleshow/51241088.cms|title=Pepsi back as BCCI's associate sponsor {{!}} undefined News - Times of India|last=Mar 3|first=PTI {{!}} Updated:|last2=2016|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2020-07-29|last3=Ist|first3=18:03}}</ref>

[[File:Shivakumar with Sachin.jpg|thumb|D. Shivakumar then CEO and chairman, PepsiCo India and Sachin Tendulkar during the launch of Quaker Oats+Milk in India]]

Apart from overseeing India operations, he also managed PepsiCo’s franchise business across Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and the Maldives.

Upon his departure from PepsiCo India, Sanjeev Chadha, chief executive at PepsiCo AMENA (Asia, Middle East and Africa) had this to say:

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* [http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/I2W8WOhKWaFlhcYJxHJ7GK/D-Shivakumar-The-management-thinker.html Reference for Leadership: Workspace design and working styles]
* [https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/company/corporate-trends/how-chairman-d-shivakumar-is-trying-to-charge-up-pepsico-by-energising-people-who-make-the-brand/articleshow/46615491.cms About D Shivakumar's leadership]

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