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elected Executive Vice President of the Company in February 2006. He was elected President and Chief
Operating Officer of the Company in December 2006 and was elected to the Board of Directors in April 2008.
Mr. Kent was elected Chief Executive Officer of the Company effective July 1, 2008. In December 2008, the
Company announced that the Board of Directors intends to elect Mr. Kent to the position of Chairman of the
Board of Directors of the Company following the Company’s Annual Meeting of Shareowners in April 2009.
Robert P. Leechman, 52, is Chief Customer and Commercial Officer of the Company. Prior to joining the
Company, Mr. Leechman held various sales management positions with Mars Inc. Mr. Leechman joined the
Company in 1988 as General Sales Manager for Coca-Cola & Schweppes Beverages in England. In 1990, he was
appointed Region Sales Manager for the Gulf States in the Company’s Middle East Division, and in 1996, he
became Region Manager for the Gulf States. In 1998, he was appointed General Manager for the Olympic
Games, where he led the activation of the Coca-Cola system’s sponsorship activities for the 2000 Olympic
Games held in Australia. In 2001, Mr. Leechman was appointed President of the Central Europe and Russia
Division, and then briefly, President of the Central Europe Division after the creation of the Company’s
European Union Group. He was named President, Global Customer and Commercial Leadership, Europe in
September 2005. Mr. Leechman was appointed Chief Customer and Commercial Officer of the Company
effective February 2007 and was a Vice President of the Company between July 2007 and April 2008.
Mr. Leechman has agreed to step down from the position of Chief Customer and Commercial Officer of the
Company effective February 28, 2009.
Cynthia P. McCague, 58, is Senior Vice President of the Company and Director of Human Resources.
Ms. McCague initially joined the Company in 1982, and since then has worked across the Coca-Cola business
system in a variety of human resources and business roles in Europe and the United States. In 1998, she was
appointed to lead the human resources function for Coca-Cola Beverages Plc in Great Britain, which in 2000
became Coca-Cola Hellenic, a large publicly-traded Coca-Cola bottler. Ms. McCague rejoined the Company in
June 2004 as Director of Human Resources. She was elected Senior Vice President of the Company in July 2004
and has led the global Human Resources function since that time.
Dominique Reiniche, 53, is President of the Europe Group. Ms. Reiniche joined the Company in May 2005
as President of the European Union Group, which was reconfigured effective July 1, 2008, to include the
Adriatic and Balkans business unit and renamed the Europe Group. Prior to joining the Company, she held a
number of marketing, sales and general management positions with CCE. From May 1998 until December 2002,
she served as General Manager of France for CCE, and from January 2003 until May 2005, Ms. Reiniche was
President of CCE Europe. Before joining the Coca-Cola system, she was Director of Marketing and Strategy
with Kraft Jacobs-Suchard.
Jos´
e Octavio Reyes, 56, is President of the Latin America Group. Mr. Reyes began his career with The
Coca-Cola Company in 1980 at Coca-Cola de M´
exico as Manager of Strategic Planning. In 1987, he was
appointed Manager of the Sprite and Diet Coke brands at Corporate Headquarters. In 1990, he was appointed
Marketing Director for the Brazil Division, and later became Marketing and Operations Vice President for the
Mexico Division. Mr. Reyes assumed the role of Deputy Division President for the Mexico Division in January
1996 and was named Division President for the Mexico Division in May 1996. He assumed his position as
President of the Latin America Group in December 2002.
Joseph V. Tripodi, 53, is Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing and Commercial Officer of the
Company. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Tripodi served as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing
Officer for Allstate Insurance Co. Prior to joining Allstate in November 2003, Mr. Tripodi was Chief Marketing
Officer for The Bank of New York. From 1999 until April 2002, he served as Chief Marketing Officer for
Seagram Spirits & Wine Group. From 1989 to 1998, he was the Executive Vice President for Global Marketing,
Products and Services for MasterCard International. Previously, Mr. Tripodi spent seven years with the Mobil
Oil Corporation in roles of increasing responsibility in planning, marketing, business development and
operations in New York, Paris, Hong Kong and Guam. Mr. Tripodi joined the Company as Chief Marketing and
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