Coca-Cola, one of the country’s leading beverage companies has announced Ju-un Nahar Choudhury as the new Managing Director of Coca-Cola Bangladesh Limited. She is the first Bangladeshi to take on the role of Managing Director for this fortune 500 company. In this role, Ju-un will work closely with bottling and business partners, customers and other external stakeholders in the country.<\/p>\n
Ju-un started her career with Unilever as a Management trainee in Marketing. She has left her mark in various roles with Unilever Bangladesh including leading the team who won a Guinness world record for the nationwide \u2018Lifebuoy handwashing washing campaign\u2019 covering 86,000 youth simultaneously in over 60 locations.<\/p>\n
She moved to Indonesia in 2014 with Rickett Benckiser looking after the Dettol business, Ju-un then worked with Danone Indonesia as Head of Innovation and then joined aCommerce, an end-to-end ecommerce enabler present across seven ASEAN countries, as the FMCG director. After spending eight years in Indonesia, Ju-un moved back to Bangladesh and joined Apex as marketing director in 2023.<\/p>\n
Speaking on her appointment, Ju-un Nahar Choudhury, Managing Director, Coca-Cola Bangladesh said, \u201cI am delighted to join the Coca-Cola system and partner with our bottling partners, Coca-Cola Bangladesh Beverages (CCBB) & Abdul Monem Limited (AML), and other stakeholders to refresh our consumers in Bangladesh. I am humbled to lead Bangladesh on this Coca-Cola journey and I am committed to steer our brands and franchise operations to new heights.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ju-un is the first women to be appointed to this position in Bangladesh and will be replacing former Managing Director, Ta Duy Tung, who was appointed back in 2021.<\/p>\n
Ajay Vijay Bathija, Vice President of Franchise Operations for Southwest Asia (SWA), \u201cWe welcome Ju-un to Coca-Cola. The Coca-Cola Company reiterates its focus on building a sustainable business in an important market like Bangladesh. Ju-un joins at an exciting time of the company\u2019s journey in the country and our partners will gain a great deal from her wide experience in FMCG and e-commerce.\u201d<\/p>\n
Coca-Cola is the first company in Bangladesh to launch 100% recycled PET bottles in Bangladesh. Coke Studio Bangla (CSB) is the country\u2019s first digital music platform, with a YouTube channel of 2.86 million+ subscribers, surpassing the combined subscriber count of some of Bangladesh’s biggest brands. Coke Studio Bangla has fans in major cities of Bangladesh, like Dhaka, Chattogram and Rajshahi.<\/p>\n
As per a Socio-Economic Impact study, The Coca-Cola system in Bangladesh contributes to the continuous economic growth of the country and also supports nearly 22,100 jobs which consist of 833 direct jobs and 21,300 indirect jobs.<\/p>\n
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