Coca-Cola HBC AG announced that its board of directors has appointed Mr. William W. Douglas III as chairman of the Audit Committee and Mr. Reto Francioni as the chairman of the Nomination Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee, with effect from 21 June 2016. These appointments have been made pursuant to the announcement released by Coca-Cola HBC on 17 May 2016 and the election of Messrs. Ahmet C. Bozer, William (Bill) W. Douglas III, Reto Francioni and Robert Ryan Rudolph as non-executive members of the Board at the company's annual general meeting held on 21 June 2016, following the retirement of Mr. George David, Mr. Irial Finan, Sir Michael Llewellyn Smith and Mr. Nigel Macdonald. The Board has also resolved that Mr. Reto Francioni is appointed as the Senior Independent Director of the company. The Board has determined that Messrs. Bill Douglas and Reto Francioni qualify as independent under the criteria set forth in the UK Corporate Governance Code. The Board considers the other newly appointed non-executive directors, Messrs. Ahmet C. Bozer and Robert Ryan Rudolph, not to be independent for purposes of the UK Corporate Governance Code, due to existing business relationships with Coca-Cola HBC's major shareholders, The Coca-Cola Company and Kar-Tess Holding.
Coca-Cola HBC AG is is one of the world's leading producers and bottlers of non-alcoholic beverages (soft drinks and mineral waters). In 2023, the group provided 2,835.5 million beverage cases. Net sales break down by country as follows:
- emerging countries (46.5%): Nigeria, Romania, Bulgaria, Armenia, Yugoslavia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova, Russia, Serbia, Montenegro, Ukraine, etc.;
- industrialized countries (33%): Italy, Greece, Ireland, Austria, and Switzerland;
- developing countries (20.5%): Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Baltic States, Croatia, Slovenia and Slovakia.
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