Bengaluru, August 01, 2017: Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd (HCCB) - one of India’s largest FMCG companies - announced the elevation of Dinesh Jadhav as Executive Director and Head of Supply Chain. He succeeds Sanjay Sharma, who after serving the Company for almost 19 years, has decided to pursue opportunities outside the organization.

Announcing the appointment, Christina Ruggiero, CEO, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, said, “We are excited to have Dinesh Jadhav take on this role and am confident that he will leverage his rich experience of over two decades to usher in a culture of agility and innovation across our very large manufacturing organization. We are transforming ourselves into a total beverage company that has expertise in producing a variety of beverages, is digitally savvy, nimble and is integrated with the local community."?

She added, “I can’t thank Sanjay Sharma enough for his role in making Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, one of the largest beverage manufacturers in the country. I wish him well for the future."?

Dinesh Jadhav has been a part of HCCB for over two decades. Prior to this, he served as the Vice President, Manufacturing Operations at HCCB. He has handled several assignments of increasing responsibility in manufacturing, infrastructure planning and supply chain. He has also served as the General Manager of the Company’s Sri Lanka operations for a year. Prior to HCCB, he worked at Larsen & Toubro.

Dinesh replaces Sanjay Sharma who helped build HCCB into a manufacturing organization of significant scale. He instituted systems and transformational processes that have given HCCB the ability to serve customer requirements all across the country. HCCB deeply values his contributions and Sanjay will always remain a part of the family.

About Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd, is one of India’s largest FMCG manufacturing and distribution companies. It is responsible for the manufacture, package, sale and distribution of beverages under the trademarks of The Coca-Cola Company. The Company owns and operates 21 factories. It also sources from and supports 11 contract packers’ plants. A network of 4,000 distributors and over 2 million retail outlets distribute the high quality, great tasting beverages manufactured by Hindustan Coca-Cola.

The Company has always placed high value on good citizenship and to that end, is supporting communities by enhancing skills of rural youth through Career Development Centre, improving the lives of communities around its bottling plant by very focused intervention in the areas of access to safe drinking water, sanitation and promoting sustainable agriculture through Integrated Watershed Management Projects under Public-Private-Community partnerships.