Pooja Bedi joins Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages as General Counsel and Company Secretary

Pooja Bedi has joined Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Private Limited as General Counsel and Company Secretary, taking responsibility for the company’s legal, compliance and secretarial functions.

Bedi joins HCCB from Mondelez India, where she held the position of Chief Counsel – India. Her practice has spanned corporate governance, risk and compliance, regulatory strategy, business transformation and strategic advisory, with experience advising Boards, CEOs and senior leadership teams in complex and regulated environments across the FMCG, alcobev, healthcare and technology sectors, in India and internationally. She is a qualified lawyer, Fellow Company Secretary and holds an Executive MBA from CEIBS, Shanghai.

Earlier in her career, Bedi held senior legal and compliance leadership roles at Philips, JUUL, AB InBev and Pernod Ricard.

Hemant Rupani, CEO of Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, said Bedi brings extensive legal and business leadership experience along with a strong track record across governance, compliance and strategic advisory, and that her expertise and leadership will be valuable in supporting the company’s legal, compliance and secretarial agenda.