Coke appoints leadership teams for new organisation structure

The Coca-Cola Company has announced a number of leadership appointments to support the company's new global operating structure. The changes complete the company's senior leadership roster in support of the previously announced news that Ahmet Bozer, Steve Cahillane and Irial Finan will lead the company's three operating businesses - Coca-Cola International, Coca-Cola Americas and Bottling Investments Group (BIG), respectively. The changes will be effective Jan. 1, 2013.

The company said that the new structure will consolidate leadership of global operations under the Bottling Investments Group and two large, but similar sized geographic regions to streamline reporting lines, intensify focus on key markets and create a structure that leverages synergies and provides flexibility to adjust the business within these geographies in the future.

With the changes, Coke’s three operating businesses reporting to Chairman and CEO Muhtar Kent will be Coca-Cola Americas - including the company's North America and Latin America Groups - reporting to Cahillane; Coca-Cola International will include the company's Eurasia & Africa, Europe and Pacific Groups, reporting to Bozer; and the Bottling Investments Group, reporting to Finan.