3M (NYSE: MMM) announced today that the Board of Directors elected
Muhtar Kent, 60, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer, The Coca-Cola Company, to the Board of Directors, effective
April 1, 2013.
He became Chief Executive Officer of Coca-Cola in 2008 and Chairman of
the Board in 2009. Prior to his current position, he served as President
and Chief Operating Officer and was President of Coca-Cola International.
“We are extremely pleased to welcome Mr. Kent to our board,” said Inge
G. Thulin, 3M Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. “He is a
talented and proven global business leader, and will bring valuable
insight and management experience to the board and our company.”
Active in the global business community, Mr. Kent is co-chair of The
Consumer Goods Forum, a fellow of the Foreign Policy Association, a
member of the Business Roundtable, chair of the International Business
Council of the World Economic Forum, and a past Chairman of the
U.S.-China Business Council. He also was recently appointed as a member
of the Eminent Persons Group for ASEAN by President Obama and Secretary
of State Clinton. He serves on the boards of Special Olympics
International, Ronald McDonald House Charities, Catalyst and Emory
University.
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