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Coca-Cola appoints Luisa Ortega president of the Africa operating unit
  • Luisa Ortega appointed as president of the company’s Africa operational unit, with responsibility for markets across the continent
  • Ortega replaces Bruno Pietracci, who has been named president of Coca-Cola’s Latin America operating unit

The Coca-Cola Company has announced the hiring of Luisa Ortega as president of the company’s Africa operational unit, with responsibility for markets across the continent.

Ortega is presently the president of the company’s Latin American central zone, which covers Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, the Caribbean and Central America.

As president of the Americas operations division of Coca-Cola, Ortega succeeds Bruno Pietracci. The two changes will go into effect on February 1, 2023 with Ortega relocating to Johannesburg.

Ortega and Pietracci’s immediate boss will be Henrique Braun, who will take over as Coca-Cola’s  head of international development on January 1, 2023. Braun has been running Coca-Cola’s operations in America since 2020.

“I’m delighted Luisa will manage our activities

Coca-Cola Africa is partnering with African Utility Week and POWERGEN Africa to gather critical inputs and insights from leaders in the water sector, to help understand how the Company and other corporates can address Africa’s water security. The initiative runs between May 14 and 16, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. Three million more people across Africa have improved access to safe water under Replenish Africa Initiative (RAIN) – the largest public-private partnership focused on water in Africa.

Coca-Cola Africa is partnering with African Utility Week and POWERGEN Africa to gather critical inputs and insights from leaders in the water sector, to help understand how the Company and other corporates can address Africa’s water security.

The initiative runs between May 14 and 16, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.

According to Coca-Cola, the partnership is in line with the company’s approach to continually engage the right stakeholders, to ensure it is responsive and collaborative in its water stewardship strategy.

“The Company has made significant strides in improving its water-use ratio over the past ten years, and recently announced that three million more people across Africa have improved access to safe water under its Replenish Africa Initiative (RAIN) – the largest public-private partnership focused on water in Africa,” explains Dorcas Onyango: Head of Sustainability for Coca-Cola Southern and East Africa.

Coca-Cola Africa continues to fulfill its global goal …