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Bernard McGuinness is vice president of global flavor supply. In this role he is responsible for leading Flavor Manufacturing, Flavor Ingredient Supply and Ingredient Quality.
Prior to his current role, McGuinness was Director for Process Optimization and Quality for Commercial Product Supply (CPS). In this role, he was responsible for all aspects of Quality Assurance, and the implementation of Environmental and Safety standards across all global concentrate manufacturing operations. He moved to Atlanta in 2012, and worked to standardize, and strengthen Quality, Safety and Environmental governance processes, requirements, and capabilities in CPS.
During his first 17 years with The Coca-Cola Company, he undertook a variety of roles within CPS operations. McGuinness joined the company in 1999 during the construction of our concentrate plant in Ballina, Ireland, as the site Laboratory Manager, managing the design and build of the laboratories. In 2004 his responsibilities expanded as Quality Assurance Manager covering all aspects of Quality, Safety, and Environmental compliance. In 2006 he worked on the implementation of Operational Excellence in CPS, connecting across industries to adopt and integrate best practices. Beginning in 2006, McGuinness served as site Operations Manager and subsequently, in 2009, to General Manager, CPS Ballina, a position he held until he became Director for Process Optimization and Quality for CPS in 2012.
Before joining The Coca-Cola Company, Bernard worked in manufacturing for Intel, in Ireland, and prior to that worked for three years in Research and Development with Unilever, based in the UK.
He holds a bachelor’s degree and PhD in Biochemistry, both from the National University of Ireland in Galway.
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The Coca-Cola Company is the world's largest beverage company, refreshing consumers with more than 500 sparkling and still brands. Coca-Cola's vision is to craft the brands and choice of drinks that people love, to refresh them in body & spirit. And done in ways that create a more sustainable business and better shared future that makes a difference in people’s lives, communities and our planet. Sold in the United States since 1886, Coca-Cola products are now sold in more than 200 countries and territories. They own or license and market numerous beverage brands, which they group into the following categories: Trademark Coca-Cola; sparkling flavors; hydration, sports, coffee and tea; nutrition, juice, dairy and plant-based beverages; and emerging beverages. Their portfolio of sparkling soft drink brands includes Coca-Cola, Sprite and Fanta. Their hydration, sports, coffee and tea brands include Dasani, smartwater, vitaminwater, Topo Chico, BODYARMOR, Powerade, Costa, Georgia, Gold Peak and Ayataka. Coca-Cola’s nutrition, juice, dairy and plant-based beverage brands include Minute Maid, Simply, innocent, Del Valle, fairlife and AdeS. They are constantly transforming their portfolio, from reducing sugar in their drinks to bringing innovative new products to market. Coca-Cola seeks to positively impact people’s lives, communities and the planet through water replenishment, packaging recycling, sustainable sourcing practices and carbon emissions reductions across the value chain. Beverages bearing trademarks owned by or licensed to the company account for 2.1 billion of the approximately 63 billion servings of all beverages consumed worldwide every day.