Coca-Cola European Partners Announces Hire of Clare Wardle, General Counsel and Company Secretary
May 31 2016 - 7:30AM
Business Wire
Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) (ticker symbol: CCE) today
announced the hiring of Clare Wardle as General Counsel and Company
Secretary, effective July 15, 2016. Ms. Wardle currently serves as
Group General Counsel and Company Secretary for Kingfisher, the
European home improvement company. Prior to her current role, she
held similar positions at Tube Lines Limited, the group responsible
for the £28 billion infrastructure investments in the London
Underground, and as Head of Legal Services for Post Office Ltd in
the UK.
In her new role, Ms. Wardle will be based in Uxbridge and serve
as a member of the Executive Leadership Team for CCEP, reporting to
John F. Brock, chief executive officer. She will work extensively
with and for the CCEP board of directors as Company Secretary, and
will serve as legal advisor to Sol Daurella, CCEP’s Chairman.
“Clare’s strong track record as General Counsel for a FTSE100
company in the European retail industry, coupled with her extensive
knowledge of UK governance, makes her ideally suited to lead the
Legal Function of Coca-Cola European Partners,” said Mr. Brock.
“For many years, Clare has demonstrated a keen proficiency in risk
management, governance, competition and compliance, and we look
forward to welcoming her to the Coca-Cola system.”
Ms. Wardle holds a Master of Jurisprudence from Somerville
College in Oxford, and a diploma in Competition Law from King’s
College in London. Additionally, she serves as non-executive
director of Leefitzgerald Architects Ltd and Modern Pentathlon GB
Limited, and as chairman of Basketball England. Additionally, Ms.
Wardle has served as a director of several Kingfisher companies,
including Kingfisher Insurance Limited, Kingfisher Holdings
Limited, and Kingfisher France.
ABOUT COCA-COLA EUROPEAN PARTNERS
Coca-Cola European Partners plc (CCEP) is a leading consumer
packaged goods company in Europe, producing, distributing and
marketing an extensive range of nonalcoholic ready-to-drink
beverages and is the world’s largest independent Coca-Cola bottler
based on net sales. Coca-Cola European Partners serves a consumer
population of over 300 million across Western Europe, including
Andorra, Belgium, continental France, Germany, Great Britain,
Luxembourg, Monaco, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, and
Sweden. The company is listed on Euronext Amsterdam, the New York
Stock Exchange, Euronext London, and on the Spanish stock
exchanges, and trades under the symbol CCE. For more information
about CCEP, please visit www.ccep.com and follow CCEP on Twitter at
@CocaColaEP.
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