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Former PepsiCo Australia CEO named top exec at Tampa water company

By Mark Gordon
| 5:00 a.m. November 16, 2023
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Tampa Bay-Lakeland

Food and beverage executive Robbert Rietbroek, whose career includes stints overseeing Quaker Foods North America and PepsiCo Australia and New Zealand, has been named CEO of Tampa-based Primo Water Corp.

Primo, which sells more than 1 billion gallons of water a year through brands including AquaTerra, PureFlo and Mountain Valley Spring Water, had been searching for a CEO since May. That’s when CEO Tom Harrington announced his retirement, effective Dec. 31.

Rietbroek, according to a statement released after the market closed Wednesday and his LinkedIn profile. has more than 25 years of experience at Fortune 500 companies. His career stints include:

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Mark Gordon

Mark Gordon is the managing editor of the Business Observer. He has worked for the Business Observer since 2005. He previously worked for newspapers and magazines in upstate New York, suburban Philadelphia and Jacksonville.