page_title: E. Neville Isdell
section_title: Early life and career
hierarchical_section_title: E. Neville Isdell / Early life and career
caption_attribution_description: English: DAVOS/SWITZERLAND, 24JAN07 - Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum, Michelle Guthrie, Chief Executive Officer, Star Group, Hong Kong SAR; Young Global Leader, E. Neville Isdell, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Coca-Cola Company, USA, captured during the session 'Opening Plenary: The Shifting Power Equation' at the Annual Meeting 2007 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 24, 2007. Slovenščina: Od leve proti desni: Klaus Schwab, ustanovitelj Svetovnega ekonomskega foruma, Michelle Guthrie, glavna izvršna direktorica hongkoške medijske skupine STAR TV, Edward Neville Isdell, glavni izvršni direktor podjetja Coca-Cola, januarja 2007 na uvodni plenumski seji ekonomskega foruma v Davosu. Copyright World Economic Forum (www.weforum.org)/Photo by Benjamin Zurbriggen
context_page_description: Edward Neville Isdell is an Irish businessman, former chair and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company.
context_section_description: Isdell moved to Zambia at the age of ten, and joined the Coca-Cola Company in 1966 with the local bottling company there. In 1972, he became general manager of Coca-Cola Bottling of Johannesburg, the largest Coca-Cola bottler in Africa. Isdell was named region manager for Australia in 1980, and in 1981 he became president of the bottling joint venture between The Coca-Cola Company and San Miguel Corporation in the Philippines, where he oversaw the turnaround and renewal of the Coca-Cola business in that key country.
  Isdell moved to (Germany) as president of the Company's Central European Division in 1985. In 1989, he was elected senior vice president of the Company and appointed president of the Northeast Europe/Africa Group (renamed the Northeast Europe/Middle East Group in 1992) and led the Company's entry into new markets in India, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. In 1995, he was named president of the Greater Europe Group.
  From July 1998 to September 2000, Isdell served as chairman and CEO of Coca-Cola Beverages Plc in Great Britain, where he oversaw that company's merger with Hellenic Bottling to form the world's second largest Coca-Cola bottler at the time, Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company (HBC). He retired as vice chairman of Coca-Cola HBC in December 2001. From January 2002 to May 2004, Isdell was an international consultant to The Coca-Cola Company and headed his own investment company in Barbados.
  Isdell served as chairman of the board (2004–2009) and chief executive officer (2004–2008) of Coca-Cola.  While CEO of Coca-Cola in 2007, Isdell earned a total compensation of $21,648,740, which included a base salary of $1,612,500, a cash bonus of $6,649,500, stocks granted of $5,200,017, and options granted of $7,369,657.
  Isdell is currently chairman of the World Wildlife Fund and serves on the board of a number of other charities. He has also served on a number of corporate boards including General Motors and British Telecom. He holds four honorary doctorates and is a recipient of the Clinton Foundation Global Citizen Award. He is based together with his business interests in Barbados.
caption: Klaus Schwab, Michelle Guthrie, E. Neville Isdell on the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos 2007.
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