Irial Finan
Irial Finan is executive vice president, The Coca-Cola Company and president of Bottling Investments and Supply Chain. He is responsible for managing a multi-billion dollar internal Bottling business, Bottling Investments Group (BIG), which has operations in 5 continents. Irial has 29 years experience in The Coca-Cola System. From 2001 to 2003, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Coca-Cola HBC. Irial joined the Coca-Cola Company in 2004 as president, bottling investments and supply chain, and was named executive vice president of the company in 2004.
Irial serves on the boards of directors of Coca-Cola FEMSA, Coca-Cola HBC, and the Supervisory Board of CCE AG. He also serves as a non-executive director for Co-operation Ireland and NUI Galway Foundation.
He holds a BC from National University of Ireland in Galway and is an Associate (later Fellow) of the Institute of Chartered Management Accountants. Irial and his wife, Deirdre, have two daughters, Ciara and Roisin.