Antonio oversees all aspects of PepsiCo’s efforts to protect its global workforce, products and communities in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. He also leads PepsiCo's Life Sciences strategy and the R&D Fellows Program as its Executive Sponsor. He joined PepsiCo in September 2018 as the Senior Vice President of R&D Life Sciences, responsible for leading the development and execution of a nutrition and bio-sciences strategy in support of the company’s portfolio transformation and ‘Winning with Purpose’ agenda. Prior to joining PepsiCo, he was Senior Vice President, Head of Global Medical Affairs, Diabetes & Cardiovascular Business Unit, in charge of medical strategy worldwide and operations for mature markets at Sanofi. Antonio is an avid researcher who has published and lectured extensively at national and international meetings on obesity, diabetes and their cardiometabolic complications.