James Quincey

Biography

James Robert B. Quincey (8 January 1965) is a British businessman in the United States After starting his career at Bain & Co,he joined The Coca-Cola Company in 1996 and was later named chief operating officer (COO). He is currently the president and CEO of Coca-Cola. He was named the new Coke CEO in December 2016. He became Coke CEO the following May when Kent retired. Among his first acts as CEO, he announced 1,200 job cuts in corporate positions, to increase profits. It was on May 9, 2017 that the Financial Times wrote that Quincey was going to accelerate Coke’s investments in start up businesses, in order to diversify. Also that day, the Wall Street Journal said that Quincey wanted to change the culture of the Coke company, to get rid of over-cautiousness concerning risk

Research Interest

Food and Beverages