Hemant Rupani will succeed the current HCCB Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Juan Pablo Rodriguez
Hemant Rupani, a veteran business leader with experience across several companies and industries, will join Bangalore-based bottler Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) as Chief Executive Officer, effective 8 September, The Coca-Cola Company informed.
Rupani comes to HCCB after a nine-year career with Mondelez International Inc. He currently serves as Mondelez’s business unit president for southeast Asia, which includes Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. He will succeed the current HCCB CEO, Juan Pablo Rodriguez, who is moving to a new opportunity in the Coca-Cola system.
The new CEO will report to the HCCB board of directors, the company highlighted in its statement, while adding that he brings a strong blend of experience in both Indian and multinational organisations. HCCB looks forward to him helping deliver on the bottler’s considerable investment in India, it said.
Ruapni joined Mondelez in 2016 as director of sales for India. He went on to serve as vice president and managing director for Vietnam before being promoted to his current role in 2022.
He began his career in 1997 with the paint company ICI India. In 1999, he joined PepsiCo in India and, in 2002, moved to Infosys Technologies. In 2004, he returned to PepsiCo, where he spent the next six years. He held roles of increasing responsibility, eventually becoming senior vice president, customer marketing, India Beverages, as per the official statement.
In 2010, Rupani joined Vodafone and, in 2014, moved to food company Britannia Industries as vice president, sales and business head, breads.
In December 2024, The Coca-Cola Company announced an agreement for Jubilant Bhartia Group to acquire a 40 per cent stake in Hindustan Coca-Cola Holdings, HCCB’s parent company.
