COCA-COLA ENTERPRISES INC. BOARD APPROVES NOMINATING JEAN-CLAUDE KILLY TO THE COMPANY'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS.ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 17, 1996--The Coca-Cola Enterprises Board of Directors today approved the nomination of Jean-Claude Killy to the Company's Board of Directors. Mr. Killy will now stand for election by the share owners at the Company's Annual Meeting of Share Owners in April 1997. Jean-Claude Killy is a successful entrepreneur and businessman, holding positions as chairman of Amaury Sport Organization and as a member of the Board of Philippe Amaury Editions S.A. (organizers of sporting events in Europe and Africa). Mr. Killy, an Olympic Gold medal winner, has been actively involved in the global sports movement since the 1960s and is currently a member of the International Olympic Committee “IOC” redirects here. For other uses, see IOC (disambiguation). The International Olympic Committee (French: Comité International Olympique) is an organization based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas on June 23 and chairman of the Board of Directors of the Tour de France Tour de France World's most prestigious and difficult bicycle race. Staged for three weeks each July—usually in some 20 daylong stages—the Tour typically comprises 20 professional teams of nine riders each and covers some 3,600 km (2,235 miles) of flat and . From 1988 through 1992, Mr. Killy also served as chairman of the Board and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of the Albertville Organizing Committee for the 1992 Winter Olympic Games. Since 1993, Mr. Killy has served as chairman of the Board of Directors of Coca-Cola Beverages S.A., the Company's bottling operations in France. "For several years, Jean-Claude has provided our bottling operations in France with the benefit of his keen business insight," stated Summerfield K. Johnston, Jr., vice chairman and chief executive officer of Coca-Cola Enterprises. "As our Company continues to expand in the high-growth, high-potential international market, Jean-Claude's experience not only in our industry, but also in the global business and sports communities, will be invaluable." Coca-Cola Enterprises (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CCE CCE Cornell Cooperative Extension CCE Corporate and Continuing Education CCE Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. CCE Commission de Coopération Environnementale CCE Centre for Continuing Education CCE College of Continuing Education CCE Certified Computer Examiner ) is the world's largest bottler of liquid nonalcoholic non·al·co·hol·ic adj. A beverage usually containing less than 0.5 percent alcohol by volume. refreshment, distributing more than 57 percent of The Coca-Cola Company's United States bottle and can volume. Coca-Cola Enterprises is the sole licensed bottler for products of The Coca-Cola Company in the Netherlands, Belgium and most of France. In addition, the Company has a pending transaction to acquire bottling operations in Great Britain. CONTACT: Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc., Atlanta Margaret Carton - Investor Relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. (770) 989-3622 or Laura Asman - Media Relations (770) 989-3023 |
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