Steven Oliver is a senior Food Safety and Quality executive with nearly 30 years of global experience across Food Safety, Quality, Operations, and R&D. Currently R&D Senior Director, Food Safety & Quality Assurance for Europe at PepsiCo, Steven has delivered trusted brands and sustainable results across leading portfolios including Müller, Cadbury Desserts, and PepsiCo’s iconic brands such as Pepsi, 7Up, Lay’s, Doritos, and Quaker.

Steven is recognised for modernising Food Safety and Quality from a compliance‑led function into a strategic, enterprise capability that enables growth, resilience, and consumer trust. He combines deep technical expertise with strong commercial and systems thinking, and has led the design and scaling of digital quality platforms, allergen strategies, and data‑driven, risk‑based approaches—anchored in human‑centred design to ensure adoption and impact at scale.

A trusted and inclusive leader, Steven is known for calm, clear decision‑making in high‑stakes regulatory, crisis, and multi‑market environments. With leadership experience across Europe, AMESA, and APAC, he partners closely with senior stakeholders across R&D, Supply Chain, Commercial, Regulatory, and Digital functions, and is passionate about shaping the future of Food Safety and Quality as a driver of brand strength, speed, and competitive advantage.