Operating Group Leadership

A 20 year veteran of the Company, John Murphy is president of the Latin Center Business Unit.

Prior to his current role, he was vice president of Strategic Planning. Appointed to this role in June 2005, John is charged with helping to build the Company's sustainable growth strategy, providing the critical planning and analysis needed to identify and capitalize on the right growth opportunities. Prior to this role, John successfully held a variety of general management, finance and strategy roles around the world.

John began his career with The Coca-Cola Company in 1988 as an international internal auditor. In 1991, he moved to Coca-Cola Japan as executive assistant to the chief financial officer. Over the next few years, John served in expanded responsibilities in various finance, planning and operations roles at Coca-Cola Japan, and subsequently worked for the Coca-Cola bottling partner in Singapore, F&N Coca-Cola Ltd. In 1996, he returned to The Coca-Cola Company as region manager in Indonesia. In 2000, John served as vice president of Business Systems in Coca-Cola North America before returning to Coca-Cola Japan to the position of executive vice president and chief financial officer. In 2004, he was promoted to deputy president, Coca-Cola Japan before returning to Atlanta in 2005.

Before joining The Coca-Cola Company, John began his career as an auditor for Price Waterhouse in Dublin, Ireland.

John has a bachelor's degree in business studies from Trinity College in Dublin and a diploma in professional accounting from University College in Dublin. He is also a chartered accountant of the Irish Institute of Chartered Accountants.