Executive Bio
Mr. Irial Finan has been President of Bottling Investments Group at The Coca-Cola Company since August 2004. Mr. Finan has been an Executive Vice President of The Coca-Cola Company since October 2004. Mr. Finan has over 30 years' experience in the Coca-Cola system. Mr. Finan served as the President of Bottling Investments Corporation. He served as President of Bottling Investments and Supply Chain at The Coca-Cola Company since 2004 until June 29, 2016. He served as the President of Bottling Investments Group & Supply Chain at The Coca-Cola Company of Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc., Coca-Cola Enterprises Ltd. and Coca-Cola FEMSA S.A.B de CV since October 2004. He was responsible for leading a multi-million dollar internal bottling business, Bottling Investments Group (BIG) which has operations across 4 continents. He served as Managing Director of Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company S.A. from May 2001 to August 22, 2003. He served as the President of Bottling Investments at The Coca-Cola Company since June 2004. He served as an Executive Vice President of TCCC. He served as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company, S.A. from May 18, 2001 to August 22, 2003. From 1995 to 1999, he served as a Managing Director of Molino Beverages and Joint Managing Director of Hellenic Bottling Company with responsibility for xpanding markets including the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Romania, Moldova, Russia and Nigeria. He served as Managing Director of Coca-Cola Bottlers Ulster Ltd. from 1991 to 1993. Prior to that, he worked in several markets across Europe. He began his career in Coca-Cola system in 1981 and served as Financial Controller of Coca-Cola Bottlers, Dublin from 1984 to 1990. Since 1987, he served as a Finance Director of Coca-Cola Bottlers Ireland, a Member of Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company S.A. group, where he was also responsible for information systems. He has been an Independent Non-Executive Director of Smurfit Kappa Group plc since February 3, 2012. He has been a Director of Coca-Cola Central Japan Co., Ltd. since March 2012. He serves as a Member of the Advisory Board of Coca-Cola Erfrischungsgetraenke AG, a German bottler of Coca-Cola. He has been a Non-Executive Director of Coca-Cola European Partners US, LLC (a/k/a Coca-Cola European Partners Plc) since April 28, 2016. He serves as Outside Director of Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Inc. He also serves as a Non-Executive Director for Co-operation Ireland and NUI Galway Foundation. He served as a Non-Executive Director of eircom Limited and Eircom Group PLC, the ultimate parent company of Eircom Funding since March 18, 2004. He served as a Non-Executive Director of Coca-Cola HBC AG since October 23, 1997 until June 21, 2016. He served as a Director of Coca-Cola FEMSA S.A.B de CV, a Latin American bottler of Coca-Cola since 2004 until July 1, 2017. He served as a Non-Executive Director of Coca-cola Hellenic Bottling Company SA from June 17, 2005 to April 2013. He served as a Director of Coca-Cola East Japan Co.Ltd. since March 30, 2012. He served as a Director of Coca-Cola Refreshments USA, Inc., since October 26, 2004. He served as a Director of Coca-Cola Amatil Limited from August 9, 2005 to December 2009. He served as a Non-Executive Director of HemCon Medical Technologies Europe Limited (a/k/a Alltracel Pharmaceuticals PLC) from January 19, 2004 to May 2007. He served as a Director of Coca-cola Enterprises Ltd. since 2004, Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company SA from May 2001 to August 22, 2003 and Hellenic Bottling Company from October 23, 1997 to August 30, 2000. He serves as a Director of Galway University Foundation. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Management Accountants. Mr. Finan holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from National University of Ireland in Galway. He has with an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree from NUI Galway in Ireland.