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PLANO, TX -- Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. and Keurig Green Mountain Inc. have named the leadership team for the new Keurig Dr Pepper , effective upon the expected July 9 close of their merger. Jim Baldwin is appointed chief legal officer and general counsel. He joined Dr Pepper Snapple in 1997 as assistant general counsel and was most recently executive vice- president and general counsel. Rodger Collins has been named president of direct store delivery. He joined Dr Pepper Snap...
June 26, 2018
PLANO, TX -- Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. and Keurig Green Mountain Inc. have named the leadership team for the new Keurig Dr Pepper, effective upon the expected July 9 close of their merger.
Jim Baldwin is appointed chief legal officer and general counsel. He joined Dr Pepper Snapple in 1997 as assistant general counsel and was most recently executive vice- president and general counsel.
Rodger Collins has been named president of direct store delivery. He joined Dr Pepper Snapple in 2006 through its acquisition of Dr Pepper/Seven-Up Bottling Group. He has been with the bottling group and its predecessor companies since 1978 and was most recently president of packaged beverages.
Fernando Cortes steps into the role of chief supply chain officer. He joined Dr Pepper Snapple in 2003 and was most recently executive vice-president of supply chain.
Ozan Dokmecioglu will be the combined company's chief financial officer. He joined Keurig in May 2016 as chief financial officer.
Lain Hancock is appointed chief strategy and emerging brands officer. He joined Dr Pepper Snapple in 2007 and held executive leadership positions in supply chain and human resources, including most recently as chief executive of Bai Brands.
Derek Hopkins has been named chief commercial officer, with responsibility for customer management across all channels and brands, eCommerce, partner and private label relationships and all commercial support functions. He joined Keurig in June 2015 and was most recently chief integration officer leading the KDP merger and, prior to that, was president of the Keurig U.S. business.
Rich Jones is appointed Chief Integration and Supply Chain Transformation Officer. He joined Keurig in 2017 as Chief Supply Chain Officer.
Andrew Loucks is appointed president of Keurig Appliances. He joined Keurig in September 2017 as senior vice-president of beverage brands and was most recently the interim president of the Keurig U.S. Commercial business.
Meg Newman has been named Keurig Dr Pepper chief human resources officer. She joined Keurig in March 2017 in the same role.
Maria Sceppaguercio advances to chief corporate affairs officer after servicing as Keurig senior vice-president of investor relations since March.
Andrew Springate is appointed chief marketing officer. He joined Dr Pepper Snapple in 2000 and was most recently senior vice-president of marketing of Dr Pepper and sponsorships marketing.
David Thomas is Keurig Dr Pepper's chief research and development officer. He joined Dr Pepper Snapple in 2006 and was most recently executive vice president of research and development.
Jim Trebilcock is appointed chief franchise and international officer. He joined Dr Pepper Snapple in 1987 and was most recently executive vice-president and chief commercial officer.
As previously announced, Larry Young, chief executive officer for Dr Pepper Snapple, will retire from the company and join the Keurig Dr Pepper board of directors.
