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| Saadia Madsbjerg |
The board also announced the election of
Saadia Madsbjerg as a corporate vice president. The company previously
announced Madsbjerg as Vice President of Global Community Affairs for The
Coca-Cola Company and President of The Coca-Cola Foundation.
Madsbjerg joined the company June 1. She
manages operations of the Foundation, which includes grant making, financial
requirements and regulatory compliance for domestic and international
philanthropy.
Madsbjerg is a former managing director of
The Rockefeller Foundation, where she led efforts to seed-fund the development
and launch of new financial instruments and partnerships designed to channel
money from capital markets toward sustainable development.
Before joining The Rockefeller Foundation,
Madsbjerg was senior vice president for strategic planning at the New York City
Economic Development Corp. She led a portfolio of projects focused on
transformative opportunities for creating a more equitable and resilient
economy.
Madsbjerg also previously worked in the
technology sector at Cisco Systems, advising Fortune 500 companies and public
sector institutions on how innovative technology could help create new business
models and address critical challenges, such as social and economic challenges
caused by an aging society.
Prior to Cisco, Madsbjerg was an associate
principal at McKinsey & Co., where she advised multinational companies on
corporate strategy.
Madsbjerg is the coauthor of Making Money
Moral. She earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Copenhagen Business
School.
Madsbjerg reports to Bea Perez, Senior Vice
President and Chief Communications, Sustainability & Strategic Partnerships
Officer.