About

US food and beverage conglomerate PepsiCo has had a presence in Turkey since 1962. In March 2002, Pepsi Bottling Group bought the Pepsi bottling operation in Turkey, merging the Fruko brand and Pepsi Cola International office in Turkey under one roof. The following month, the company recruited Kagan Oztarakci as legal director and government affairs director for PepsiCo Beverages in Turkey. Having demonstrated business-focused and industry-leading legal skills in that role, Oztarakci was promoted in 2011 to legal director for PepsiCo Turkey – the position he occupies today. Shortly after the promotion, he worked on PepsiCo Turkey’s launch of new mobile phone technology for vending machines. More recently he was involved in the establishment of the company’s sixth Turkish factory, which provides over a 25 per cent share in PepsiCo’s total production volume in the country and further enhanced his in-house legal credentials among colleagues. Before his 15 year association with PepsiCo began, Oztarakci had worked at private practice firms for nine years.