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J. Alexander M. Douglas, Jr., 54, is Executive Vice President 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 2012. He served as Global Chief Customer Officer of the Company from January 2013
through March 2015 and as Senior Vice President of the Company from February 2013 until his election as Executive Vice President of the Company
effective April 30, 2015. Mr. Douglas was appointed President of Coca-Cola North America effective January 1, 2014.
Ceree Eberly, 53, 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, 58, 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, 53, 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.
Julie Hamilton, 50, is Senior Vice President and Chief Customer and Commercial Leadership Officer of the Company. Ms. Hamilton joined the Company in
1996 as Brand Development Manager of Still Beverages with Coca-Cola USA. From January 1998 to April 1999, she served as Franchise Manager of
Independent Bottlers with Coca-Cola USA, and from April 1999 to October 2000, she served as Group Manager for the Worldwide Marketing Partnership
with Blockbuster. From October 2000 to January 2003, Ms. Hamilton served as Director of Franchise Sales & Marketing-Northwest U.S. Region. From
January 2003 to October 2005, she served as Group Director for Global On-Premise Customers, and from October 2005 to June 2007, she served as Vice
President, Global Customer Development. She served as Group Vice President, North America Wal-Mart Team from June 2007 to January 2009, and as
President of the Global Wal-Mart Group from January 2009 to March 2011. She was appointed Executive Assistant to Muhtar Kent, the Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of the Company, in March 2011 and served in that capacity until she was appointed Chief Customer and Commercial Leadership Officer
effective April 1, 2015. Ms. Hamilton was elected Vice President of the Company in April 2015 and Senior Vice President effective February 18, 2016.
Brent Hastie, 42, is Senior 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 CCR. 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 as Vice President, Strategy and Planning. Mr. Hastie was elected Senior Vice
President of the Company effective February 18, 2016.
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