Keurig Dr Pepper Names New Head of Coffee in the US

Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) has appointed Olivier Lemire as president of its U.S. coffee business, according to an SEC filing signed Sept. 17, 2025.

The move comes amid Keurig Dr Pepper’s $18 billion acquisition of Europe based coffee conglomerate JDE Peet’s, announced last month. That plan will involve the creation of two publicly traded companies, including one focused entirely on the coffee category called Global Coffee Co.

Lemire, who served as president of Keurig Dr Pepper Canada since 2021, succeeds Patrick Minogue, who was named U.S. coffee president in 2023 and will remain to support the transition through Sept. 30, according to the Form 8-K SEC filing. KDP’s current “leadership” web page lists Lemire as U.S. president of coffee.

According to previous announcements from KDP, Lemire joined the company in 2011 before serving in numerous leadership roles. A 2021 press release cites Lemire’s “diverse career in the Canadian retail industry,” including six years at Procter & Gamble and three years at Nike.

A KDP bio of Lemire points to “two decades of experience in global sales, strategy and operations within the CPG industry.”

That experience is expected to be put to use upon regulatory approval of the JDE Peet’s acquisition, with implications for large multinational coffee companies and smaller specialty coffee brands.

KDP currently dominates North America’s single serve coffee market through its Keurig platform. Meanwhile, JDE Peet’s owns numerous major European and North American coffee brands, including Peet’s Coffee and its subsidiaries, Stumptown Coffee Roasters and Intelligentsia Coffee. The company also owns Caribou Coffee’s roasting and packaged coffee business.