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J. Alexander M. Douglas, Jr., 53, is Senior Vice President and Global Chief Customer Officer of the Company and President of
Coca-Cola North America. Mr. Douglas joined the Company in January 1988 as a District Sales Manager for the Foodservice Division
of Coca-Cola USA. In May 1994, he was named Vice President of Coca-Cola USA, initially assuming leadership of the CCE Sales
and Marketing Group and eventually assuming leadership of the entire North American Field Sales and Marketing Groups. In 2000,
Mr. Douglas was appointed President of the North American Retail Division within the North America Group. He served as Senior
Vice President and Chief Customer Officer of the Company from 2003 until 2006 and continued serving as Senior Vice President until
April 2007. Mr. Douglas was President of the North America Group from August 2006 through December 31, 2012. He was appointed
Global Chief Customer Officer effective January 1, 2013, was elected Senior Vice President of the Company on February 21, 2013, and
was appointed President of Coca-Cola North America effective January 1, 2014.
Ceree Eberly, 52, is Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer of the Company, with responsibility for leading the Company’s
global People Function. Ms. Eberly joined the Company in 1990, serving in staffing, compensation and other roles supporting the
Company’s divisions around the world. From 1998 until 2003, she served as Human Resources Director for the Latin Center Division.
From 2003 until 2007, Ms. Eberly served as Vice President of the McDonald’s Division. She was appointed Group Human Resources
Director for Europe in July 2007 and served in that capacity until she was appointed Chief People Officer effective December 1, 2009.
Ms. Eberly was elected Senior Vice President of the Company effective April 1, 2010.
Irial Finan, 57, is Executive Vice President and President, Bottling Investments and Supply Chain. Mr. Finan joined the Company and
was named President, Bottling Investments in 2004. Mr. Finan joined the Coca-Cola system in 1981 with Coca-Cola Bottlers Ireland,
Ltd., where for several years he held a variety of accounting positions. From 1987 until 1990, Mr. Finan served as Finance Director
of Coca-Cola Bottlers Ireland, Ltd. From 1991 to 1993, he served as Managing Director of Coca-Cola Bottlers Ulster, Ltd. He was
Managing Director of Coca-Cola bottlers in Romania and Bulgaria until late 1994. From 1995 to 1999, he served as Managing Director
of Molino Beverages, with responsibility for expanding markets, including the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Romania,
Moldova, Russia and Nigeria. Mr. Finan served from 2001 until 2003 as Chief Executive Officer of Coca-Cola Hellenic. He was elected
Executive Vice President of the Company in October 2004.
Bernhard Goepelt, 52, is Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Legal Counsel of the Company. Mr. Goepelt joined the
Company in 1992 as Legal Counsel for the German Division. In 1997, he was appointed Legal Counsel for the Middle and Far East
Group and in 1999 was appointed Division Counsel, Southeast and West Asia Division, based in Thailand. In 2003, Mr. Goepelt was
appointed Group Counsel for the Central Europe, Eurasia and Middle East Group. In 2005, he assumed the position of General
Counsel for Japan and China, and in 2007, Mr. Goepelt was appointed General Counsel, Pacific Group. In April 2010, he moved
to Atlanta, Georgia, to become Associate General Counsel, Global Marketing, Commercial Leadership & Strategy. In September
2010, Mr. Goepelt took on the additional responsibility of General Counsel for the Pacific Group. In 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.
Brent Hastie, 41, is Vice President, Strategy and Planning for the Company. Mr. Hastie first joined the Company in 2006 as Vice
President, Strategy and Planning for Coca-Cola North America. From March 2009 to July 2009, he served as Vice President,
Commercial Leadership, Still Beverages. From August 2009 to December 2010, he served as President and General Manager, Active
Lifestyles Brands. From January 2011 to April 2012, he served as Chief Strategy Officer for Coca-Cola Refreshments. In April 2012, he
left the Company to join Bain Capital, a global private investment firm, where he was Executive Vice President in the Private Equity
group until July 2013, when he returned to the Company and was appointed to his current position effective July 18, 2013. Prior to
joining the Company in 2006, Mr. Hastie was a Principal with McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm, where he
worked from July 1995 to June 1997 and again from August 1999 to April 2006.
Nathan Kalumbu, 50, 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, 62, 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