Efes Group to split into beer and soft drinks divisions again
Revolving doors at Anadolu Efes: After a little more than a year at the helm, Damian Gammell resigned as President of Beverage Group and CEO of Anadolu Efes on 31 October 2015 to take up his new responsibility as Chief Operating Officer of Coca-Cola European Partners, the recently formed western European Coke bottler. Mr Gammell had only been working as Beverage Group President and CEO of Anadolu Efes since January 2014.
Upon the departure of Mr Gammell, the Efes Beverage Group has been restructured into separate beer and soft drink divisions, the company said. Effective 1 November 2015, Robin Goetzche was appointed President of the Beer Division and CEO of Anadolu Efes.
Mr Goetzche will report directly to Anadolu Efes’ Board of Directors.
The current CEO of Coca-Cola İçecek (CCI) and Soft Drinks Group President Burak Başarır will continue his duties and will report to CCI’s Board of Directors.
Mr Goetzsche, previously with SABMiller, where he served as Director of Operations East Africa from 2008 to 2014, joined Efes in 2014 as Managing Director Russia.
