Coca Cola 2015 Annual Report Download - page 28

Ed Hays, PhD, 57, is Senior Vice President and Chief Technical Officer of the Company. Dr. Hays joined the Company in 1985 as a scientist in Corporate
Research and Development. He served as Director of Product Development in Corporate Research and Development from 1992 to 1995 and as Director,
Research and Development for the Middle East and Far East Group from August 1995 to January 1998. He served as Director of Corporate Research and
Development from July 1998 to December 1999. He was named Vice President, Global Science, Regulatory and Formula Governance in December 2000 and
served in that role until his appointment as Chief Technical Officer of the Company effective March 1, 2015. He continued to serve as Vice President until his
election as Senior Vice President of the Company effective April 30, 2015.
Nathan Kalumbu, 51, 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, 63, is Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer 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. He served as President of the Company
until August 2015.
James Quincey, 51, is President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company. 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, became Region Manager for Argentina and Uruguay in 2000, and
then served as 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 he was appointed President of the Europe Group in January 2013. He was elected to his current
positions in August 2015.
Atul Singh, 56, is President 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 2013, he served as President of the India and South West Asia business unit. Mr. Singh served as Deputy President, Pacific Group,
from July 2013 to December 2013 and served as Group President, Asia, which is part of the Asia Pacific Group, from January 2014 to August 2014. Mr. Singh
was appointed to his current position in September 2014.
Brian Smith, 60, 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.
26