- E. Neville Isdell
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E. Neville Isdell 
Isdell at the World Economic Forum on Africa 2008Born Edward Neville Isdell
June 8, 1944
Downpatrick, Northern IrelandKnown for Chairman and CEO,
The Coca-Cola CompanyEdward Neville Isdell (born June 8, 1944, in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland) is an Irish businessman, former chairman and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company.
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Early Life & Career
Isdell moved to Zambia at the age of ten, and joined the Coca-Cola Company in 1966 with the local bottling company there. In 1972, he became general manager of Coca-Cola Bottling of Johannesburg, the largest Coca-Cola bottler in Africa. Mr. Isdell was named region manager for Australia in 1980, and in 1981 he became president of the bottling joint venture between The Coca-Cola Company and San Miguel Corporation in the Philippines, where he oversaw the turnaround and renewal of the Coca-Cola business in that key country.
Isdell moved to Germany as president of the Company's Central European Division in 1985. In 1989, he was elected senior vice president of the Company and appointed president of the Northeast Europe/Africa Group (renamed the Northeast Europe/Middle East Group in 1992) and led the Company's entry into new markets in India, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. In 1995, he was named president of the Greater Europe Group.
From July 1998 to September 2000, Isdell served as chairman and CEO of Coca-Cola Beverages Plc in Great Britain, where he oversaw that company's merger with Hellenic Bottling to form the world's second largest Coca-Cola bottler at the time, Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company (HBC). He retired as vice chairman of Coca-Cola HBC in December 2001. From January 2002 to May 2004, Isdell was an international consultant to The Coca-Cola Company and headed his own investment company in Barbados.
Mr. Isdell served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Coca-Cola, and has held these positions since June 1, 2004 until July 2008. While CEO of Coca-Cola in 2007, E. Neville Isdell earned a total compensation of $21,648,740, which included a base salary of $1,612,500, a cash bonus of $6,649,500, stocks granted of $5,200,017, and options granted of $7,369,657.[1]
Isdell is chairman of the U.S.-Russia Business Council and chairman of the board of trustees of the International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF). He is a member of the board of trustees of the United States Council for International Business and the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He is also a member of the Corporate Advisory Board of the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS. In Atlanta, Mr. Isdell serves on the board of directors of SunTrust Banks, Inc. and the Commerce Club and as a trustee of Emory University. He is a lifetime trustee of Pace Academy.
Klaus Schwab, Michelle Guthrie, E. Neville Isdell on the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos 2007.
Education
Isdell has a Bachelor's Degree in Social Science from the University of Cape Town and graduated from the Harvard Business School program for Management Development. He was awarded an honorary doctorate degree from Georgia State University.
Legacy
In 2011, Mr Isdell donated 1 million dollars to the rugby club of the University of Cape Town, of which he is an Alumnus.[2]
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Categories:- Coca-Cola people
- People from Downpatrick
- American chief executives
- American food industry businesspeople
- Irish businesspeople
- University of Cape Town alumni
- Harvard Business School alumni
- 1944 births
- Living people
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