Ahmet Bozer

Ahmet Bozer served as an Executive Vice President of The Coca‐Cola Company until his retirement in March 2016, serving as the President of Coca‐Cola International since January 1, 2013. In that position, he was responsible for all units outside North America.

Ahmet Bozer began his career in 1983 as an Assistant Professor at the DeVry Institute of Technology. He joined the audit firm Coopers & Lybrand in Atlanta in 1985, serving in a variety of audit, consultancy & management roles.

He joined The Coca‐Cola Company in 1990 as a Financial Control Manager in Atlanta, and then moved to his native Turkey in 1992 as Region Finance Manager. In 1994, he joined the Coca‐Cola Bottlers of Turkey as Finance Director and was named Managing Director of the bottler in 1998. He rejoined The Coca‐Cola Company in 2000 as President of Eurasia Division.

During 2000 to 2012, Ahmet Bozer ‘s responsibilities increased from a geographic scope of 9 countries to 90 as the President of the Eurasia and Africa Group including, Africa, India, Russia, Middle East and Eurasia.

A founding member of The Coca‐Cola Turkey Life Plus Foundation, Ahmet Bozer also previously served as head of various business councils including Brazil‐US, US‐Pakistan and US ‐ Turkey business councils. In 2013, Ahmet Bozer was named Chair of the Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU), and served in that capacity until 2016. He currently serves as the president of the American Turkish Friendship Council, a member of the Robinson College Board of Advisors at Georgia State and the Turkish Philanthropy Foundation in New York.

Following his retirement, Ahmet Bozer assumed various non‐executive business roles around the globe. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Coca‐Cola Hellenic, and a Board member at Hepsi Burada in Turkey. Youth development is Ahmet’s top priority, and to that end, he is committed to a variety of initiatives in this area.

Ahmet Bozer has a Master of Science in Business Info Systems from Georgia State University, US, and a Bachelor of Science in Business Admin from Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey.


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