James Quincey, president and chief executive of Coca-Cola, will be in India this week on his first trip to the country. The visit, which begins on Thursday in Mumbai, comes four months after the British-born executive took over the reins of Coca-Cola from former CEO Muhtar Kent in May.
Kent remains chairman of the board at Coca-Cola globally. Quincey is expected to visit Delhi on the second leg of his two-day tour, though it is unclear whether he will visit Bengaluru, where Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, the firm’s bottling arm, is based.
Quincey will review the firm’s operations under the new