{"146351":{"#nid":"146351","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Former Coca-Cola CEO to Speak at IMPACT Series","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship is proud to host Mr. Neville Isdell, former Chairman and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company, as part of the fall 2012 IMPACT Speaker Series. Please join us for Mr. Isdell\u0027s talk at 4:30pm in the Scheller College of Business, or watch the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.learnitlive.com\/class\/2735\/Neville-Isdell\u0022\u003Efree live webcast\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EMore about the Speaker\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMr. Edward Neville Isdell served as Chief Executive Officer of The Coca-Cola Company from 2004 to 2008 and Chairman of the Board until 2009. During his time with Coca-Cola, he led the way in embedding sustainability throughout every facet of the company to help ensure its role as a community-connected twenty-first century enterprise.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMr. Isdell\u2019s career with The Coca-Cola Company began in 1966 with the local bottling company in Zambia and continued with various roles in Johannesburg, Australia, the Philippines, and Germany. His career has also included serving as CEO of Coca-Cola Beverages PLC, negotiating a merger with Hellenic Bottling Company to form Coca-Cola HBC and serving as its CEO, and presiding over his own private investment company. Currently, Mr. Isdell is the Chairman of his own private investment company and is widely involved in community and philanthropic organizations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAbout the Impact Speaker Series\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESince 2002, the IMPACT Speaker Series has brought highly successful business leaders from a variety of industries to campus to share their experiences and give advice to students and other entrepreneurs on topics ranging from \u0022building a venture around intellectual capital\u0022 to \u0022successful entrepreneurship in large organizations\u0022 and \u0022socially responsible leadership\u0022. The weekly series provides Georgia Tech students, alumni and the Atlanta business community an opportunity to network and learn from successful entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and notable business and non-profit leaders. Events for the series take place in LeCraw Auditorium in the Scheller College of Business at 4:30 pm on Wednesdays, unless otherwise noted. \u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe series is free and open to the public, and reservations are not required.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMr. Edward Neville Isdell served as Chief Executive Officer of The Coca-Cola Company from 2004 to 2008 and Chairman of the Board until 2009. He will speak at the Scheller College of Business.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Neville Isdell, former Chairman and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company, will speak at the IMPACT Series, a weekly presentation sponsored by the Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship."}],"uid":"27336","created_gmt":"2012-08-15 12:09:18","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:59:28","author":"Dori Pap","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2012-09-19T17:30:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2012-09-19T18:30:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2012-09-19T18:30:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2012-09-19 21:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2012-09-19 22:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2012-09-19 22:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/ile.gatech.edu\/impact.html","title":"IMPACT Speaker Series"},{"url":"http:\/\/ile.gatech.edu\/","title":"Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.learnitlive.com\/class\/2735\/Neville-Isdell","title":"Webcast provided by Learn it Live"}],"groups":[{"id":"1274","name":"Scheller College of Business"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"40031","name":"Asperger\u0027s"},{"id":"40051","name":"learning disability solutions"},{"id":"40011","name":"mobile technology"},{"id":"167683","name":"special needs"},{"id":"40041","name":"Wynsum Arts"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDori Pap\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:dori.pap@ile.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Edori.pap@ile.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}