Douglas daft biography

Douglas Neville Daft AC is an Australian businessman.
Douglas Neville Daft AC is an Australian businessman.
Douglas N Daft is Former Chairman/CEO at Coca-Cola Co. See Douglas N Daft's compensation, career history, education, & memberships.

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Douglas N. Daft

Born:1943
Birthplace:Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business

Nationality: Australia
Executive summary: CEO of Coca Cola, 2000-04

Wife: Delphine (two children)

University: BS Mathematics, University of New England in Australia, Armidale
University: MA, University of New South Wales
Administrator: Trustee, Emory University

Coca-Cola CEO (2000-04)
Coca-Cola President and COO (1999-2000)
Coca-Cola President, Middle and Far East Group (1995-99)
Coca-Cola President, Pacific Group (1991-95)
Coca-Cola President, Coca-Cola Japan Limited (1988-91)
Coca-Cola President, North Pacific Division (1988-91)
Coca-Cola VP Coca-Cola Far East Limited (1982-88)
Coca-Cola (1969-82)
Member of the Board of Coca-Cola (1999-2004, as Chairman, 2000-04)
Member of the Board of Green Mountain Cof

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OPINION - Profile - Daft for Coke - Douglas Daft - President and chief operating officer - Coca-Cola

Change is afoot at Coca-Cola. Chairman and chief executive Douglas

Ivester resigned last Sunday in a blaze of publicity, after just two

years at his post. His replacement is 56-year-old Coke veteran Douglas N

Daft, who has been appointed president and chief operating officer and

will take Ivester’s title next April. He is a man tipped to reverse the

turmoils of 1999.

Many are saying that Ivester’s iron approach is being ousted by a more

personable front, a man whose experience of difficult foreign markets

and love of people could reverse Coke’s recent fortunes.

But none can be envious of the task that awaits Daft - putting the fizz

back into Coke will be no mean feat after such a catastrophic year. If

you enjoy global domination, you must expect disaster to be global

too.

Coke has suffered blows in different parts of the world. The Belgian

contamination crisis in June and the French government’s blocking of

Coke’s dollars 733m (pounds 4

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Daft adds world flavor to Coke

Analysts expect Coke's new chief, an Australian, can better lead the soft drink giant in international markets.

Coke's new president, Douglas Daft, is known as an approachable, affable Australian with a quick smile and disarming manner. But he also can play hardball, and the combination has him atop the world's leading soft drinkmaker.

"It's hard to get to know Coca-Cola people because they are so deeply committed to the Coca-Cola Co.," Dick Lind, an Atlanta communications consultant who has written speeches for Daft over the past five years, said Tuesday. "But it's hard not to like Doug Daft, and he is more open than most Coke guys."

Daft, 56, is set to take over the Atlanta soft drink giant after this week's surprise announcement that chairman and chief executive M. Douglas Ivester would retire in April.

"Counter to what the Sprite commercials say, for the Coca-Cola Co. image is everything," Merrill Lynch analyst Doug Lane said. "We believe the change at the top will also signal a change in management style for the company. Once again, Co