Executive Leadership Team

Senior management tenure: Appointed June 2013, appointed Chief Executive Officer December 2017.

Previous Group roles: Zoran was previously the Company’s Region Director responsible for operations in 12 countries. He joined the Company in 1996 and has held a number of senior leadership positions, including as General Manager of the Company’s operations in Croatia, Switzerland and Greece.

Previous relevant experience: Prior to joining Coca-Cola HBC in 1996, Zoran was an auditor with auditing and consulting firm Arthur Andersen.

External appointments: None

Nationality: Croatian

Senior management tenure: Appointed July 2016, appointed Chief Operating Officer September 2020

Previous Group roles: Chief Customer and Commercial Officer from 2016 to 2020. From 1998, when Naya joined the Company, she built her career assuming roles of increased scale and scope, including Marketing Director, Trade Marketing Director, Sales Director and Country Commercial Director, Greece. She has been heavily involved in Group strategic projects and task forces addressing missioncritical business imperatives. In September 2013, Naya was appointed to the role of General Manager, Greece and Cyprus.

Previous relevant experience: Naya joined the Company in 1998 from The Coca-Cola Company where she held a number of marketing positions up to Marketing Manager.

External appointments: Naya is a board member of Casa del Caffè Vergnano S.p.A., in which the Group holds a 30% equity shareholding.

Nationality: Greek

Senior management tenure: Appointed April 2021

Previous Group roles: None

Previous relevant experience: Before joining the Company, Ben held senior financial positions in Mars Incorporated, where he worked for 10 years as Regional CFO, Europe & Southern Africa and subsequently as Vice President for Financial Planning, Analytics and Financial Strategy. Prior to joining Mars, Ben spent 10 years with Nestlé in a variety of finance roles in Europe, including CFO of Nestlé Czech-Slovak, and CFO for Nestlé Waters in the UK.

External appointments: None

Nationality: Dominican Republic and British

_{On 15 January 2024 the Company announced that Ben Almanzar will be stepping down as CFO during the second quarter of 2024 and will stay with the company to ensure a smooth transition until the end of May 2024. On 7 February 2024 the Company announced the appointment of Ben’s successor, Anastasis Stamoulis, who will be taking over the role of CFO as of 1 May 2024}

Senior management tenure: Appointed August 2001

Previous Group roles: Jan served as Deputy General Counsel for Coca‑Cola Beverages plc from 1999-2001.

Previous Group roles: Jan served as Deputy General Counsel for Coca-Cola Beverages plc from 1999 to 2001. Previous relevant experience: Jan started his career in 1993 with the law firm White & Case in Stockholm, Sweden. In 1995, he joined The Coca-Cola Company as Assistant Division Counsel in the Nordic and Northern Eurasia Division. From 1997 to 1999, Jan was Senior Associate in White & Case’s New York office, practising securities law and M&A.

External appointments: Jan is a board member of Casa del Caffè Vergnano S.p.A., in which the Group holds a 30% equity shareholding.

Nationality: Swedish

Senior management tenure: Appointed September 2023

Previous Group roles: None

Previous relevant experience: Before joining the Company, Ebru worked with Coca-Cola Icecek (CCI) from 1997, where she progressed through leadership roles in finance until she was appointed as the CFO of the Turkey Operation. In 2017, she assumed the Chief Human Resources Officer role of CCI and became an Executive Committee member, where she led the People and Culture agenda and transformation in business strategy for Turkey, the Middle East, Pakistan and Central Asia operations, bringing a multidisciplinary approach and a holistic business partnering mindsetto the People & Culture function. Ebru started her career in 1992 in Arthur Andersen & Co, as an auditor before moving to the FMCG sector.

External appointments: None

Nationality: Turkish

Senior management tenure: Appointed January 2022

Previous Group roles: Ivo joined the Group in 1996 as Plant Manager in Croatia, while in 2002 he took over the position of Country Supply Chain Manager. Since 2006 Ivo built his career assuming roles of increased scale and scope, including Strategic Initiative Leader for Customer Centric Supply Chain, Group Supply Chain Processes and Capabilities Director, Regional Supply Chain Director, Group Supply Chain Services Director and Group Supply Chain Operations Director, leading the development and the transformation of the Supply Chain strategy over the years.

External appointments: None 

Nationality: Croatian

Senior management tenure: Appointed Chief Supply Chain Officer January 2015, appointed Chief Corporate Affairs & Sustainability Officer January 2022

Previous Group roles: Marcel joined the Group in 1993, holding positions with increasing responsibility in the supply chain and commercial functions. Since 1995, he has held general management assignments in several of our markets, including as General Manager for Eastern Romania, Regional Manager Russia, Country General Manager Ukraine and General Manager Nigeria. He became General Manager of our Irish operations in 2010, Supply Chain Director in 2015 and is now our Chief Corporate Affairs and Sustainability Officer.

External appointments: None

Nationality: Romanian

Senior management tenure: Appointed October 2019

Previous Group roles: None.

Previous relevant experience: : Mourad has 20 years’ experience with two fastmoving consumer goods industry leaders, Procter & Gamble and L’Oréal. Mourad started with Procter & Gamble leading SAP implementation in Morocco, Saudi Arabia and Europe, and later was CIO for different lines of business. From 2014 to 2019, Mourad was CIO for the Asia and Pacific region for L’Oréal, leading consumer and customer journey transformation and enabling the use of big data and advanced analytics.

External appointments: None

Nationality: British and Moroccan

Senior management tenure: Appointed November 2021

Previous Group roles: Spyros served as Deputy General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer from 2010 to 2021. He was Deputy General Counsel from 2007 to 2009 and Senior Corporate Counsel from 2005 to 2007.

Previous relevant experience: Spyros was an associate with the law firm of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP practising securities law and M&A first in New York from 1999 to 2001 and then in London from 2001 to 2004.

External appointments: None

Nationality: Greek

Regions: Austria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, island of Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland

Senior management tenure: Appointed April 2019.

Previous Group roles: Minas joined the Group in 1999, holding positions with increasing responsibility in the commercial function in Greece (National Account Manager, Athens Region Sales Manager, National Wholesale Manager, Country Sales Director). Since 2008, Minas has held general management assignments in a number of our markets, including those of Country General Manager Cyprus, Country General Manager Bulgaria and Country General Manager Hungary.

Previous relevant experience: Prior to joining the Group, Minas spent seven years at Unilever Greece in managerial positions in sales and marketing including those of Brand Manager, Trade Marketing Manager and National Account Manager.

External appointments: None

Nationality: Greek

Regions: Armenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Ukraine.

Senior management tenure: Appointed June 2023

Previous Group roles: Frank joined the Group in 1992 holding positions with increasing responsibility in the commercial function in Ireland, becoming Sales Director in 2003. From 2010, Frank was Commercial Director of our Czech/Slovak business unit. Since 2014, Frank has held general management assignments in a number of our markets, including those of Country General Manager Ireland, Country General Manager Austria and Country General Manager Italy.

External appointments: None

Nationality: Irish

Regions: Nigeria, Egypt, Belarus, and Russia 

Senior management tenure: Appointed June 2023

Previous Group roles: Aleksandar joined the Group in 1998 as a sales representative. He was then appointed Commercial Director for Serbia and Montenegro. In 2010 Aleksandar joined the Ukrainian team in the role of Commercial Director, which he successfully led for four years. In 2014 Aleksandar took the position of General Manager in North Macedonia. In 2016 he became Country General Manager in Serbia and Montenegro and from 2018 he led the Russia BU.

External appointments: None

Nationality: Serbian

Senior management tenure: Appointed May 2021

Previous Group roles: Barbara joined the Group in 1998, building her career first in Switzerland as Trade Marketing Director, Sales Director and Commercial Director, and then in Austria from 2012 as Commercial Director and Interim General Manager.

Previous relevant experience: In 2016 Barbara enriched her experience within the Cola-Cola System as Country Director Sweden for TCCC, with responsibility expanded to Norway and Iceland in 2019 before she assumed the role of Commercial Execution Director Europe. Prior to joining the Group in 1998, she held positions in brand and customer development at Unilever.

External appointments: None

Nationality: Swiss

Senior management tenure: Appointed September 2020

Previous Group roles: Vitaliy joined the Group in 2011 as General Manager of the Baltics business unit and then held General Manager roles in Poland and Italy.

Previous relevant experience: Prior to joining the Group, Vitaliy spent four years at Johnson & Johnson as Managing Director of the Ukrainian operation and prior to this he spent seven years at Henkel in managerial positions of growing responsibility in Austria and Ukraine.

External appointments: None 

Nationality: Ukrainian

Senior management tenure: Appointed February 2023

Previous Group roles: Jaak joined the Group in 2008 as Sales Director for Baltics and then held roles of General Management for Pivara Skopje in North Macedonia, Romania with the latest being General Manager for Poland & Baltics.

Previous relevant experience: Prior to joining the Group, Jaak spent ten years with Shell managing Convenience Retail businesses in the Baltics, Central Eastern Europe and in the Nordics.

External appointments: None

Nationality: Estonian