Pepsi marketing manager Paul Hyde leaves to join Grill’d

Paul Hyde, marketing manager of beverages at PepsiCo Australasia, is to leave the company he’s been with since 2005 to join healthy burger chain Grill’d.

A replacement has yet to be found for Hyde, who oversees brands including Pepsi, Pepsi Max, Mountain Dew, 7UP, Diet Pepsi, Tropicana, Lipton Ice Tea and Gatorade.

Hyde starts at Grill’d next week.

“I’ve been looking for a change, and the time is right for something new. I love the focus on quality, design and on creating healthy products at Grill’d, and when the opportunity arose, I jumped at it,” Hyde told Mumbrella.