Isabela Macarrão Marangoni | Total Rewards Director - Southern Africa
PepsiCo

Isabela Marangoni is the Total Rewards Director for Southern Africa, leading compensation, benefits, and workforce reward strategy across South Africa and Botswana. With over a decade of international experience spanning Latin America, North America, and Africa, she has held progressive leadership roles at PepsiCo, partnering with senior executives on workforce strategy, organizational transformation, M&A integration, and pay-for-performance design. Isabela has deep expertise in compensation strategy, sales incentives, frontline workforce rewards, labour relations, and large-scale harmonization across complex and highly unionized environments. Passionate about aligning people strategies with business outcomes, she brings a practical perspective on how organizations can leverage reward programs, workforce data, and change management to drive growth, competitiveness, and employee engagement in rapidly evolving markets.