Diego Cifone Email & Phone Number

Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

Legal, Regulatory & Litigation, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay & Paraguay.● Management of critical lawsuits against the Company in Buenos Aires.● Coordination of the strategy to handle Regulation matters in Chile related to the National Bill on Mobility and Transportation Services through Technology Platforms.● Handling of Strategy Plan to minimize impacts related to Montevideo's Regulation. ● Legal Assessment and Due Diligence for Asunción Operations’ Launch.

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Board’s member and legal director for 9 entities. In charge of External Communications & CSR areas. Representative for trade associations and other relevant stakeholders.● Representation and coordination of relationship with National Trade Secretariat and other Official Bodies; effective handling of the strategy in pricing and imports/exports' procedures in Argentina. ● Resolution of crisis effects derived from diplomatic conflict between Argentina and Uruguay and its impact in the import of concentrate for Beverages, from Colonia during summer season 2014.● Coordination and active participation in the Strategy Plan related to the legislative process and impact of the “Food Labeling Act” in Chile.● Start-up of the Foods & Beverages businesses in Paraguay (implementation of local distribution system and bottling contract). Broad experience in M&A processes (DILEXIS in San Juan, Argentina and Toddy in La Rioja,Argentina).● Chile: transformation of the Franchise business: JV with local Bottler. Franchise Contracts’ renewal in Argentina with CMQ (Quilmes).● Start-up of the in-house Legal Department. Institutional leadership at trade association to the implementation of the Marketing for Children Self-Regulation Code.● Effective business crisis resolution in 2009: judicial closing of the main plant in Argentina for 23 days based on environmental matters.● Legal and institutional implementation of direct Sales-force for Foods Division (Argentina and Uruguay).● Effective handling of union matters and critical negotiations with truckers Union and its effects over Food Business division.● Strategic consolidation of regional and local alliances with relevant social stakeholders (FAO, UNICEF, “Asociación Conciencia”).● Execution, development and expansion of the Company’s CSR area; in charge of legal and institutional matters on the creation of the PepsiCo Foundation (Argentina, Chile and Uruguay).

Argentina

● Legal coordination of the Spin-off between Retail business and Industrialization of corn products division (“Productos de Maíz SRL”). ● Leadership of M&A process (ARISCO, La Rioja, Argentina; contract and local take-over).● Successful institutional coordination of strategy to mitigation of aggressive Greenpeace’s Campaign on GMO in Argentina.● Creation and start-up of ADIM (Chamber of argentine CPG industry).

Argentina

Responsible for the Minister’s internal and external agenda; supervision of events with participation of other Officers of the Ministry.

Argentina

Abogado

Postgrado, Derecho Empresarial