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addition to his functional responsibilities, he also managed the administration of the Legal Division. Mr. Goepelt was elected
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Legal Counsel of the Company in December 2011.
Nathan Kalumbu, 49, is President of the Eurasia and Africa Group. Mr. Kalumbu joined the Company in 1990 as the Central
Africa region’s External Affairs Manager and served in numerous roles in marketing operations and country management in
Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi from 1992 to 1996. He held the role of Executive Assistant to the South Africa Division President
from 1997 to 1998 and Region Manager for Central Africa from 1998 to 2000 and for Nigeria from 2000 to 2004. In 2004,
Mr. Kalumbu was appointed Business Planning Director and Executive Assistant to the Retail Division President, North America.
He returned to the Africa Group as Director of Business Strategy and Planning for the East and Central Africa Division in 2006.
In 2007, he was named President of the Central, East and West Africa (CEWA) business unit and served in that role until his
appointment to his current position effective January 1, 2013.
Muhtar Kent, 61, is Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company. Mr. Kent joined
the Company in 1978 and held a variety of marketing and operations roles throughout his career with the Company. In 1985, he
was appointed General Manager of Coca-Cola Turkey and Central Asia. From 1989 to 1995, Mr. Kent served as President of the
East Central Europe Division and Senior Vice President of Coca-Cola International. Between 1995 and 1998, he served as
Managing Director of Coca-Cola Amatil-Europe, covering bottling operations in 12 countries, and from 1999 until 2005, he served
as President and Chief Executive Officer of Efes Beverage Group, a diversified beverage company with Coca-Cola and beer
operations across Southeast Europe, Turkey and Central Asia. Mr. Kent rejoined the Company in May 2005 as President and
Chief Operating Officer, North Asia, Eurasia and Middle East Group, an organization serving a broad and diverse region that
included China, Japan and Russia. He was appointed President, Coca-Cola International in January 2006 and was 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, and was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company in April 2009.
James Quincey, 49, is President of the Europe Group. Mr. Quincey joined the Company in 1996 as Director, Learning Strategy for
the Latin America Group. He moved to Mexico as Deputy to the Division President in 1999, and became Region Manager for
Argentina and Uruguay in 2000, and then General Manager of the South Cone region (Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay)
in 2003. Mr. Quincey was appointed President of the South Latin Division in December 2003, and President of the Mexico
Division in December 2005. In October 2008, he was named President of the Northwest Europe and Nordics business unit and
served in that role until his appointment to his current position effective January 1, 2013.
Jos´ e Octavio Reyes, 61, is Vice Chairman, The Coca-Cola Export Corporation. Mr. Reyes began his career with the 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 1996 and was named Division President for the Mexico Division later that year. From December 2002 until
December 31, 2012, Mr. Reyes served as President of the Latin America Group and served in that role until his appointment to
his current position effective January 1, 2013.
Atul Singh, 54, is Group President, Asia, which is part of the Asia Pacific Group. Mr. Singh joined the Company in 1998 as Vice
President, Operations of the India Division. In 2001, he moved to the China Division and served as Region Manager of East
China from 2001 to 2002, Vice President of Operations from 2002 to 2003, Deputy Division President of the China Division from
2003 to 2004 and President of the East, Central and South China Division from January to August 2005. From September 2005 to
June 30, 2013, he served as President of Coca-Cola India and the South West Asia business unit. Effective July 1, 2013, he
became Deputy President, Pacific Group and served in that role until his appointment to his current position effective January 1,
2014.
Brian Smith, 58, is President of the Latin America Group. Mr. Smith joined the Company in 1997 as Latin America Group
Manager for Mergers and Acquisitions, a role he held until July 2001. From 2001 to 2002, he worked as Executive Assistant to
Brian Dyson, then Chief Operating Officer and Vice Chairman of the Company. Mr. Smith served as President of the Brazil
Division from 2002 to 2008 and President of the Mexico business unit from 2008 through December 2012. Mr. Smith was
appointed to his current position effective January 1, 2013.
Joseph V. Tripodi, 58, is Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing and Commercial Officer of the Company. Mr. Tripodi
joined the Company as Chief Marketing and Commercial Officer effective September 2007 and was elected Senior Vice President
of the Company in October 2007, a capacity in which he served until July 2009, when he was elected Executive Vice President of
the Company. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Tripodi served as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Allstate
Insurance Co., where he worked from 2003 until 2007.
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