The Coca-Cola Company

Functional Leadership

Bilal Kaafarani, Vice President and Senior Vice President, Research & Innovation, The Coca-Cola Company
Bilal Kaafarani
Vice President,
Senior Vice President of
Research & Innovation
The Coca-Cola Company

Bilal Kaafarani is a Vice President, The Coca-Cola Company, and Senior Vice President of Research & Innovation.

As head of Global Development, Mr. Kaafarani has responsibility for the leadership and development of the Company's global R&D strategy, the management of the global innovation pipeline, and bringing together all R&D Centers into an effective global network to increase the pace, efficiency and impact of innovation and growth of the business top line.

Prior to joining the Company in 2006, Mr. Kaafarani served as Vice President of Research & Development and Chief Technology Officer for UK, Europe, and Middle East & Africa for Frito-Lay. He held prior leadership roles with Frito-Lay, Tropicana, Procter & Gamble and for almost 10 years was with Kraft.

Mr. Kaafarani has a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Wayne State University.