Dimitris Lois
Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Lois is a member of both our
Board of Directors and our Senior
Management team. His biography is
set forth under Directors' biographies.
John Brady
Regional Director
Mr. Mr. Brady joined the Coca‑Cola
bottling system in 1982. He held
various positions with Coca‑Cola USA
until 1992, when he became general
manager and operations director
for Coca‑Cola Indonesia. From 1994
to 1998 Mr. Brady worked as region
manager for The Coca‑Cola Company
and Coca‑Cola Amatil in Indonesia.
In 1998, Mr. Brady became regional
director for Coca‑Cola Beverages
plc, where he was responsible for
the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland
and Slovakia. In 2001, Mr. Brady
became responsible for Austria, Italy,
Switzerland and Nigeria as a regional
director of Coca‑Cola Hellenic Bottling
Company S.A. From 2003 to 2004 he
worked as regional vice president for
the Northeast Region for Coca‑Cola
North America and in March 2004,
he was appointed president and
chief executive officer for Coca‑Cola
Bottlers' Sales and Services Company.
In January 2006, Mr. Brady returned to
Coca‑Cola Hellenic Bottling Company
S.A. as regional director and currently
he is responsible for our operations
in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,
Cyprus, Czech Republic and Slovakia,
Greece, Hungary, Republic of Ireland
and Northern Ireland. Mr. Brady holds
a Bachelor of Science Degree from the
University of North Carolina.
Per Steen Breimyr
Group Chief Customer and Commercial Officer
Mr. Mr. Breimyr joined Coca‑Cola Hellenic in February 2008 as Group Commercial
Director. He joined Mars Inc. in Norway
in August 1987, where he held various
sales positions before becoming
National Account Director. In November
1992, he became Sales Director with
Duracell and eventually joined PepsiCo
Nordic as Sales Director for Norway
in January 1994. In 1997, he moved
to London with PepsiCo Europe and
PepsiCo Beverages International,
where he held various positions
in European and global account
management. In 2003, he joined InBev
(AB InBev) in Leuven Belgium, taking on
the position of Vice President, Global
Sales & Distribution. In 2006, he was
appointed Commercial Vice President,
responsible for the development and
implementation of brand initiatives,
distribution programmes, sales and
innovation strategies for central and
Eastern Europe and Cuba. He holds a
diploma in shipping from the London
School of Foreign Trade and a degree
from the Marketing College, Arendal
Handelsskole.
Alain Brouhard
Regional Director
Mr.Mr. Brouhard joined Coca‑Cola Hellenic
as Regional Director in June 2010,
responsible for our operations in
Nigeria, Romania, Moldova, Bulgaria,
Serbia and Montenegro. Previously,
he held the position of Managing
Director, Italy and South-East Europe
for adidas since 2007, covering 11
countries, managing both adidas and
Reebok brands. He began his career
with adidas in 2002, serving as VP,
Commercial Operations EMEA based
in Germany, and in 2005 he took on
the role of Managing Director, Iberia,
based in Spain and responsible for
Spain and Portugal. Previously he spent
sixteen years with Procter & Gamble in
four different countries and in a variety
of commercial and management
roles leading up to Global Customer
Team Leader - Global & Western
Europe in 2000, where he managed
out of Geneva the global account
management of Delhaize and the
European management of New
Channels including discounters (such
as Aldi, Lidl, and Dia) and Convenience
Retailing (such as Petroleum). Mr.
Brouhard holds a Master's Degree in
Business Administration from Audencia
Business School in France and from
Ohio State University in the United
States.
Kleon Giavassoglou
Supply Chain Services Director
Prior to joining the Coca‑Cola System,
Dr. Giavassoglou worked as an
assistant professor at the University
of Patras and a Consultant for
engineering projects. He was also
associated with Hellenic Bottling
Company S.A. as a consultant
engineer, supervising the construction
of the Patras plant from 1979 to
1980. He commenced his career with
Hellenic Bottling Company S.A in 1983.
He held several positions of increasing
responsibility in the maintenance and
technical operations departments until
1993, when he was appointed General
Manager of our operations in Northern
Greece. In 1995, he was appointed
Technical Operations Manager of our
Greek operations and in 1998 Technical
Director of Hellenic Bottling Company
S.A. In 2000, he became Regional
Technical and Engineering Director of
Coca‑Cola Hellenic and in February
2004 he became Supply Chain Services
Director. Dr. Giavassoglou holds a PhD
in Electrical Engineering as well as a
Master's Degree in Civil Engineering
from the University of Patras.
Jan Gustavsson
General Counsel and Director of Strategic Development
Mr. Gustavsson began his career
with the Coca‑Cola bottling system in
1995. From 1995 to 1997, he served as
assistant division counsel in the Nordic
& Northern Eurasia Division of The
Coca‑Cola Company. Mr. Gustavsson
worked with the law firm of White
& Case LLP from 1997 to 1999 and
previously from 1993 to 1995. In 1999,
Mr. Gustavsson joined Coca‑Cola
Beverages plc as deputy general
counsel and was appointed general
counsel and company secretary of
Coca‑Cola Hellenic Bottling Company
S.A. in August 2001. In May 2009,
he also assumed the responsibilities
of director of strategic development.
Mr. Gustavsson holds an LL.B. from
University of Uppsala in Sweden and
an LL.M. from Harvard Law School.
Bernard P. Kunerth
Human Resources Director
Prior to joining the Coca‑Cola System,
Mr. Kunerth held various human
resources management positions with
3M, Financiere Agache and Henkel in
France. From 1987 to 1996, he was the
Regional Human Resources Director for
western Europe and then the Americas
with S.C. Johnson. Mr. Kunerth joined
the Coca‑Cola System in 1996 as
Regional Human Resources Director
for The Coca‑Cola Company in London.
In 1997, he transferred to the position
of Vice President of Human Resources
for Europe with Coca‑Cola Enterprises
Inc. In July 2001, he was appointed Vice
President for Human Resources for all
of Coca‑Cola Enterprises Inc. in Atlanta,
Georgia. He was responsible for
compensation, benefits, performance
management and talent management,
information systems, finance and
safety. He became Group Human
Resources Director of Coca‑Cola
Hellenic in 2004. He holds a Master's
Degree in Psychology from the
University of Bordeaux.
Michalis Imellos
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Imellos joined Coca‑Cola Hellenic
in July, 2008 as Regional Finance
Director, responsible for Nigeria,
Romania, Moldova, Bulgaria, Greece,
Cyprus, and subsequently Serbia &
Montenegro. In July, 2011 he assumed
the position of General Manager,
Romania & Moldova. Prior to
Coca‑Cola Hellenic, Mr. Imellos worked
for Xerox for 11 years, where he held
several senior finance positions in its
UK-based European headquarters,
such as Mergers & Acquisitions
Director, Office Division Finance Director
and Office Division Field Controller. Prior
to these, he managed the financial,
tax and legal aspects of Xerox's
sponsorship of the Athens 2004
Olympic Games, as well as the Finance
function of the company's operations in
Greece, having started his career in
the Audit department of Ernst & Young.
Mr. Imellos is a UK-qualified Chartered
Accountant (member of the Institute of
Chartered Accountants in England
& Wales) since 1994. He also holds
a Bachelor of Science in Physics &
Computing from the University
of Athens.
Keith Sanders
Regional Director
Mr. Sanders joined Coca‑Cola Hellenic
as the Country General Manager for
Russia in May, 2004. In August 2009,
he was appointed Regional Director,
responsible for Russia, Poland, Ukraine,
Belarus, and Armenia. Prior to joining
Coca‑Cola Hellenic, he spent 11 years
within the Coca‑Cola System. He started
his career with The Coca‑Cola Company
in a regional marketing role within the
Gulf Region. In 1993 he was appointed
HR & Training Manager for the Gulf
Region. In 1994, he assumed his first
bottling General Manager role in
Bahrain, and then moved through
a series of larger-country general
management roles until 2001, when
he was appointed Director for Bottling
Operations in the Eurasia & Middle East
Division with responsibility for Saudi
Arabia, Pakistan, UAE , Oman, Bahrain,
and Qatar. Prior to joining the Coca‑Cola
System, Mr. Sanders spent six years with
Procter & Gamble in the United States in
a variety of sales and marketing roles.
Mr. Sanders holds Bachelor of Science
degree from The University of Kansas
and a Master's Degree in Business
Administration from TCU.
Richard Smyth
Regional Director
Dr. Smyth joined Coca‑Cola Hellenic
in February 2003 after working for
Bristol-Myers Squibb in Bangkok,
where he was Vice President South
East Asia, responsible for the
company's nutritional drinks business.
As Vice President, he was responsible
for operations in the Philippines,
Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand,
Indonesia, Vietnam and Australia.
Prior to this, he was the General
Manager for Bristol-Myers Squibb in
the Philippines. Dr. Smyth spent 13
years working with Nestlé, where his
roles included General Manager of a
joint venture with Danone in Slovakia,
Chief Operating Officer of its Filipino
confectionery division and Senior
Marketing positions in Hungary and
the Czech Republic. While based in
Switzerland, he was responsible for
Nestlé's world-wide duty-free business.
Since he joined Coca‑Cola Hellenic, he
has covered 12 countries as Regional
Director and since mid-2009, he is
responsible for our operations in the
Baltics (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania),
Austria, Slovenia, Switzerland, Italy
and FYROM. Dr Smyth holds a PhD in
Organic Chemistry from the University
of Kent.