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Jon Woods

Jon has spent his career in the food and drink industry with some of the world’s biggest brands.  He began his career at Cadbury Schweppes PLC, where he spent eight years in a variety of Sales and Marketing roles.

In 1997 he moved to AB Inbev, the world’s largest Brewer, before joining Coca-Cola in 2005 as UK Business Development Director.

He was appointed Vice President & General Manager, Coca-Cola UK & Ireland, in 2010, where he was responsible for all aspects of The Coca鈥怌ola Company’s operations in the UK and Ireland.  In 2017 Jon also assumed responsibilities for The Coca-Cola Company operations in Northern Europe.

In these roles, Jon became a passionate advocate of The Coca-Cola Company’s sustainability efforts and in 2022 he assumed his current role as Global Vice President, Sustainability Commercialisation.

Jon was President of the Incorporated Society of British Advertisers (ISBA) between 2011 and 2014 and President of the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) between 2019 and 2021.

He is a Loughborough alumnus of 1990 with a degree in Banking and Finance.