The Coca-Cola Company

Functional Leadership

John M. Farrell, Vice President, Strategic Planning, The Coca-Cola Company
John M. Farrell
Vice President,
Strategic Planning
The Coca-Cola Company

John M. Farrell is Vice President, Strategic Planning, responsible for global strategy. The Strategic Planning function leads the development of the overall strategy of the Company along with the global planning process. Mr. Farrell brings broad domestic and international experience to strategic planning, as he has held major operations roles in North America, Europe and Asia.

Mr. Farrell joined the Company's Bottling Operations in 1979, and then moved to Corporate Financial Planning and Policy.

From 1981 - 1989, Mr. Farrell worked in Coca-Cola North America (CCNA), where he held numerous positions in Bottler Operations and Fountain Sales. He was also Director of Business Planning for CCNA.

He then spent 10 years in Asia, first in region management in Japan and subsequently, as President of Coca-Cola China, based in Hong Kong.

From 1999 to 2005, Mr. Farrell was based in London, initially as President of Schweppes Beverages, where he completed the merger of that business into our Company in 2001. There he was the Director of Business Development and Strategy for Europe, Eurasia and Middle East.

In 2005, Mr. Farrell returned to Asia to lead the Corporate Strategy and Planning function for the Japan Business Unit.

Mr. Farrell has BS degree in Industrial Management from Georgia Institute of Technology and an MBA from the University of Virginia. A native of the United States, he also holds a dual citizenship from the United Kingdom.