The Coca-Cola Company has announced that Hemant Rupani will join Bengaluru-based bottler Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages as CEO, effective 8 September. 

Rupani comes to Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, or HCCB, after a nine-year career with Mondelez International, where he was business unit president for South East 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.

Rupani will report to the HCCB board of directors. 

In a career spanning over 18 years, he has also worked with Vodafone, Britannia Industries and PepsiCo Foods, among others.