Functional Leadership

Ann T. Taylor is Vice President, The Coca-Cola Company, and President of Global Business Services, responsible for delivering global financial, human resources, procurement, workplace and business services to our business units and functions.

Ms. Taylor joined The Coca-Cola Company in 1984 as a Senior Financial Analyst in Atlanta. She then served as a Cost Accounting Manager and Mergers and Acquisitions Manager before moving to Europe in 1994.

From 1994 to 2004, she held a variety of finance roles with increasing responsibility in Europe, including Division Finance Manager for Great Britain and Ireland, Division Finance Manager for Northwest Europe, Chief Financial Officer for Western Europe and Chief Financial Officer for the Europe, Eurasia and Middle East group.

In 2004, Ms. Taylor was named Vice President and Director of Investor Relations, where she was responsible for developing and implementing a global communication strategy for interacting with the investment community and representing the Company to the financial community on matters such as business strategies, acquisitions and divestitures and all financial announcements. 

In November 2008, Ms. Taylor was named Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Transformational Productivity, responsible for stewarding the Company's transformation initiatives, including monitoring progress of key milestones, achieving financial savings and resolving program issues. She assumed her current position in July 2009.

Before joining the Company, she worked as a business consultant at what is now Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. 

Ms. Taylor has a bachelor's degree in math and economics from Wake Forest University and a master's degree in business from the University of Virginia.