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18. Andrew Buckingham
Company: The Coca-Cola Company
Designation: Vice President and General Manager—Middle East
Nationality: British
Global Headquarters: U.S.
Sector: Food and Beverages
Buckingham assumed his current role in February 2023, having joined The Coca-Cola Company in 1999. Buckingham also sits on the boards of the Multinational Companies Business Group’s regional presidents forum, the Circular Packaging Association, the EMEA Business Group, The Coca-Cola Company’s bottler in the U.A.E., Qatar, and Bahrain. He was previously the general manager at the company for Russia and Belarus.