Ahmet C. Bozer (born 1960) is a Turkish

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. He is

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and

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of Coca-Cola International, which consists of

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's Asia Pacific, Europe, Eurasia & Africa, and Latin America operations.

Early years

Bozer was born to

Ali Bozer Ali Hüsrev Bozer (28 July 1925 – 30 September 2020) was a Turkish politician and academic of commercial law. Biography Bozer was born in Ankara, Turkey. At first a member of the Nationalist Democracy Party (MDP), then of the Motherland Party ...

, an academic of

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and politician, 1960 in

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, Turkey. He finished

TED Ankara Koleji TED Ankara College Foundation Schools is a group of private schools in Turkey. College consists of kindergarten, elementary, middle and high schools. TED Ankara College Foundation Schools Incek Campus is located in Ankara, Turkey. History At ...

and studied Business Administration at the

Middle East Technical University Middle East Technical University (commonly referred to as METU; in Turkish language, Turkish, ''Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi'', ODTÜ) is a public university, public Institute of technology, technical university located in Ankara, Turkey. The ...

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. Later, he earned a

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degree in

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from

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Career

After beginning as a consultant and instructor, Bozer was employed by

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, where he had various roles in audit, consultancy and management in the five years there. In 1990, he joined Coca-Cola USA as Financial Control Manager at the company's headquarters in

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. Bozer was appointed Region Finance Manager at the Turkish Enterprise in 1992. He was Finance Director and Deputy Managing Director of The Coca-Cola Company Bottling Operations in Turkey from 1994 to 1999. After serving as the Managing Director of Coca-Cola Bottlers of Turkey (CCBT), Bozer became the President of Eurasia & Middle East Division based in Istanbul, Turkey on January 1, 2006. On July 1, 2007, he was appointed President of the Eurasia and Africa Group, which comprises a total of more than 90 countries, and served until December 31, 2012. In 2013, he became Executive Vice President and President of Coca-Cola International.

References

1960 births Businesspeople from Istanbul TED Ankara College Foundation Schools alumni Middle East Technical University alumni University of Georgia alumni PricewaterhouseCoopers Directors of The Coca-Cola Company Turkish chief executives Coca-Cola people Turkish expatriates in the United States Living people 20th-century American businesspeople {{US-business-bio-1960s-stub