Executive Leadership Team

Executive Leadership Team

The Executive Leadership Team, led by the Chief Executive Officer, represents the executive leadership of the company

Role of the Executive Leadership Team

The Executive Leadership Team, led by the Chief Executive Officer, meets twelve times each year and is responsible for:

  • The day-to-day executive management of the Group and its businesses including all matters not reserved for or delegated to the Board or other bodies
  • The development of the Group strategies and implementation of the strategies approved by the Board
  • Providing adequate head-office support for each of the Group’s countries
  • The setting of annual targets and approving annual business plans including a comprehensive programme of strategies and targets agreed between the Country General Managers and the Region Directors
  • Working closely with the Country General Managers as set out in the Group’s operating framework in order to capture benefits of scale, ensuring appropriate governance and compliance and managing the performance of the Group
  • Leading the Group’s talent and capability development programmes
     
Name Birth Year
Zoran Bogdanovic 1972
Ben Almanzar 1974
Naya Kalogeraki 1970
Minas Agelidis 1969
Ivo Bjelis 1967
Jan Gustavsson 1966
Mourad Ajarti 1976
Marcel Martin 1958
Vitaliy Novikov 1979
Barbara Tönz 1970
Spyros Mello 1975
Sasa Ruzevic 1970
Frank O’Donell 1967
Ebru Ozgen 1970
Jaak Mikkel 1974
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    Zoran Bogdanovic (50)

    Chief Executive Officer

    Appointed: June 2018.

    Skills and experience: Zoran was previously the Company’s Region Director responsible for operations in 12 countries, and has been a member of the Operating Committee since 2013. 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. Zoran has a track record of delivering results across our territories and demonstrating the values that are the foundation of our Company culture.

    External appointments: None

    Nationality: Croatian

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    Ben Almanzar (47)

    Chief Financial Officer


    Senior management tenure: 
    Appointed April 2021

    Previous Group roles: None

    Previous relevant experience: Ben has a proven track record and broad experience gained from senior financial positions in the global FMCG industry. This includes ten years with Mars Incorporated, where he was Regional CFO, Europe & Southern Africa and most recently Vice President for Financial Planning, Analytics and Financial Strategy. Prior to joining Mars, Ben spent ten 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. 

    Nationality: Dominican Republic and British

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    Naya Kalogeraki (51)

    Chief Operating Officer


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

    Previous Group roles: Group 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 mission-critical 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.

    Nationality: Greek

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    Minas Agelidis (51)

    Region Director


    Regions: 
    Austria, Czech Republic & Slovakia, Hungary, Island of Ireland, Poland & Baltics, and 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 in Unilever Greece in managerial positions in sales and marketing including those of Brand Manager, Trade Marketing Manager and National Account Manager.

    Nationality: Greek

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    Frank O'Donell (56)

    Region Director


    Regions:
     Armenia, Bosnia & Herzegovinia, 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.

    Nationality: Irish

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    Aleksandar Ruzevic (53)

    Region Director

    Senior management tenure: Nigeria, Egypt, Belarus, and Russia 

    Previous Group roles: Aleksandar has been leading the Russia BU since 2018, delivering strong results and leading a highly engaged and resilient business unit against strong external volatility while accelerating talent export and building a strong succession pipeline. He led a significant improvement in governance by implementing a role-model framework for effective and risk-based internal controls, while ensuring best in class customer and stakeholder collaboration, that resulted in execution excellence, innovations, and scenario planning.

    Previous relevant experience: Aleksandar joined Coca-Cola HBC 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 Director in Macedonia. In 2016 Aleksandar became general director in Serbia and Montenegro. 

    Nationality: Serbian

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    Ivo Bjelis (54)

    Chief Supply Chain Officer

    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 across the board, 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.

    Nationality: Croatian

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    Ebru Ozgen (53)

    Chief People & Culture Officer

    Senior management tenure: Appointed September 2023

    Previous relevant experience: Ebru is a well-rounded business leader with strong multi-functional experience and a proven track record. Started her career in 1992 in Arthur Andersen &Co, as an auditor and later on worked in FMCG sector. Ebru joins us from Coca-Cola Icecek (CCI), where she progressed through leadership roles in finance until she was appointed as the CFO in Turkiye 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 Turkiye, Middle East, Pakistan and Central Asia operations, bringing a multidisciplinary approach and a holistic business partnering mindset to the People & Culture function. 

    Nationality: Turkish

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    Jan Gustavsson (55)

    General Counsel & Chief Corporate Development Officer

    Senior management tenure: Appointed August 2001

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

    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, practicing securities law and M&A.

    Nationality: Swedish

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    Mourad Ajarti (44)

    Chief Digital and Technology Officer

    Senior management tenure: Appointed October 2019

    Previous Group roles: None.

    Previous relevant experience: Mourad holds an MSc in Computer Systems Networking & Tele-communications from L’École Mohammadia d’Ingénieurs. He has 20 years’ experience with two fast moving 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.

    Nationality: British and Moroccan

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    Marcel Martin (64)

    Chief Corporate Affairs & Sustainability Officer

    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 and is now our Group Supply Chain Director.

    Previous relevant experience: 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 and is now our Group Supply Chain Director.

    Nationality: Romanian

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    Vitaliy Novikov (41)

    Digital Commerce Business Development Director 

    Senior management tenure: Appointed September 2020

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

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

    Nationality: Ukrainian

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    Barbara Tönz (50)

    Chief Customer & Commercial Officer

    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, Commercial Director, then in Austria 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 the Coca-Cola Company, expanding this responsibility to Norway and Iceland in 2019 before assuming the role of Commercial Execution Director Europe. Prior to joining the Group in 1998, she held positions in brand and customer development for Unilever.

    Nationality: Swiss

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    Spyros Mello (47)

    Strategy and Transformation Director

    Senior management tenure: Appointed November 2021

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

    Previous relevant experience: Spyros was an associate with the law firm of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP first in New York, United States from 1999-2001 and later in London, United Kingdom from 2001-2004 practicing securities law and M&A.

    Nationality: Greek

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    Jaak Mikkel (49)

    New Businesses Director

    Senior management tenure: Appointed February 2023

    Previous relevant experience: Jaak joined Coca-Cola HBC in 2008 as Sales Director for Baltics and has since held roles of General Management for Pivara Skopje in North Macedonia, Romania with the latest being GM for Poland & Baltics. Jaak had developed diverse and winning teams that have delivered record top-line and market share positions in countries above, while managing many external business impacts and leading a number of our 24/7 portfolio expansions in Poland. Prior to joining Coca-Cola Hellenic, Jaak spent 10 years with Shell managing Convenience Retail businesses in Baltics, Central Eastern Europe and in the Nordics. 

    Nationality: Estonian