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Muhtar Kent president and chief operating officer of The Coca-Cola Company oversees all operations of the business including Bottling Investments.
Previously Mr. Kent served as president of Coca-Cola International through most of 2006 responsible for the Company's operations outside of North America. Prior to this appointment Mr. Kent was president and chief operating officer of the Company's North Asia Eurasia and Middle East Group from 2005 until early 2006 where he was responsible for the Company's operations across a broad and diverse geographic region that included China Japan and Russia.
Mr. Kent joined The Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta in 1978 and has held a variety of marketing and operations roles throughout his career. In 1985 he was appointed general manager of Coca-Cola Turkey and Central Asia. From 1989 to 1995 he served as president of the Company's East Central Europe Division and senior vice president of Coca-Cola International with responsibility for 23 countries.
Between 1995 and 1998 Mr. Kent served as managing director of Coca-Cola Amatil-Europe covering bottling operations in 12 countries. From 1999 until his return to The Coca-Cola Company in May 2005 he served as president and CEO of the Efes Beverage Group the majority shareholder of Turkish bottler Coca-Cola Icecek.
Headquartered in Istanbul and listed on the London and Istanbul Stock Exchanges Efes is a publicly traded beverage enterprise whose Coca-Cola and beer operations extend from the Adriatic to the Pacific Ocean. Under Mr. Kent's leadership Efes experienced extraordinary growth with triple digit revenue growth and a 250 percent increase in market capitalization. During that time in addition to taking Efes Breweries International public on the London Stock Exchange Mr. Kent also served as a board member of Coca-Cola Icecek.
Mr. Kent holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from Hull University England and a Master of Science degree in Administrative Sciences from London City University. | 