Beate Lloyd
Dr. Beate Lloyd is a Senior Manager within PepsiCo’s Global Nutrition Team. She leads the PepsiCo’s Fruits and Vegetable Nutrition Research platform and develops the strategic direction for important new business opportunities based on scientific research. She is responsible for identifying and translating nutrition and health science to PepsiCo’s beverage portfolio. She built the strategy to support the innovation and growth agenda for PepsiCo’s brands including Tropicana, Dole and Naked Juice. She enables the science-based differentiation of core brands and new products to transform the beverage and food portfolio.
Previously, Dr. Lloyd was the President and CEO of a nutrition/clinical research consulting firm, Global Research Solutions, Inc., with clients from a broad range of industry segments and government agencies globally. In this role, she developed product innovation strategies and helped establish dairy industry standards in Asia. Prior to this, she was responsible for creating innovation platforms/new business opportunities and led multiple clinical programs at Abbott Nutrition, Abbott Laboratories. She was responsible for guiding the company’s long-term research strategy in Women’s Health and Wellness and Pediatric Nutrition. Dr. Lloyd was a contributor and reviewer of the industry recommendations for the FDA sponsored Life Science Research Organization (LSRO) nutritional guidelines for both the preterm and term infants and established new world-wide nutrition standards for preterm infants.
Dr. Lloyd earned her Masters and PhD in Nutritional Sciences and Molecular and Cellular Biology at University of Connecticut. As a registered dietitian and pediatric dietitian, she has counseled patients in an OB/GYN practice and served as an educator for pediatric health and wellness.
