Functional Leadership

Jerry S. Wilson is a board elected Senior Vice President of The Coca-Cola Company where he serves as Chief Customer and Commercial Officer. As a member of the Coca-Cola senior leadership team he leads a worldwide organization responsible for growing sales and profits with 20 million customers who serve 1.7 billion consumers a day in 206 countries. He and his team collaborate directly with global customers while building commercial strategies and customer capabilities across the global franchise bottler system.

Mr. Wilson joined The Coca-Cola Company in 1988, from Volkswagen of America, Inc., where he was USA Brand Manager. He has held a variety of positions of increasing responsibility at the Company in general management, consumer marketing and strategic planning, serving as Western Area Vice President, Director of Strategic Planning, Director of Segment Marketing, and Director of Sales Operations within the Coca-Cola USA Foodservice division. Prior to his current role, Mr. Wilson served as President of the McDonald's Division, where he led our worldwide organization responsible for growing this important business alliance in 118 countries and over 31,000 restaurants.

Mr. Wilson received his Masters Degree in Marketing from Mercer University and his Bachelors Degree in Economics from the University of Georgia.