Coca-Cola India on Monday said that the company’s Vice-President for Human Resources Sameer Wadhawan will spearhead the newly-created function of "Franchise Capability & Business Transformation".

He will take over his new responsibility starting January 2017. He will continue to report to Venkatesh Kini, President, Coca-Cola India and South West Asia.

“In his new role effective January 2017, Sameer will work closely with Coca-Cola’s 15 franchise bottling partners in India and the South West Asia region to build their people capability, and help transform their business to be future ready,” the company said in a statement. The India and South West Asia business of the Coca-Cola Company aspires to be the fifth largest market for the company, globally, it added.

In a statement, Kini said: “Over the last six years, Sameer has shaped the talent development and capability building agenda within the company. He takes on this critical role of developing capabilities for the franchise bottling operations across the region .”

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