Dora Strezova-Nikolova took up the position of CEO with the Coca-Cola HBC Adria business unit based in Zagreb in the beginning of February. Her responsibilities in this position will include the management of the company operations in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia. Ruža Tomić Fontana, who spent more than five years successfully leading the Adria business unit, continues her professional career within the Coca-Cola HBC Group as CEO of the business division that includes companies in Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
Dora Strezova-Nikolova joins Coca-Cola HBC from her position as CEO of The Coca-Cola Company in Bulgaria, where she was based since May 2021. Before joining Coca-Cola, she worked for four years as a consultant and incentive management expert in Bulgaria and Austria, and as CEO of her own start-up company. Prior to that, she was with the Danone Group for 18 years, working in a number of countries in various roles, including in sales and marketing for Danone Bulgaria, as well as Marketing Director for Romania, the Adriatic countries and Russia. Dora Strezova-Nikolova’s most recent assignments at Danone were as CEO for Bulgaria, Greece and Cyprus.
On taking up her new role, Dora Strezova-Nikolova said, “It is an exceptional honor for me to assume the position of CEO of Coca-Cola HBC Adria. Building on the foundations of past successes, we will continue to raise standards in the field of socially responsible and sustainable business and contribute to the socio-economic development of Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia as an important stakeholder. As one of the leading employers, we will continue to foster an equal, inclusive and stimulating work environment that provides opportunities for the full realization of the potential of all employees. With further investments in the development of partnership relations with our customers and the community as well as in innovations and new products, I am convinced that with our commitment to sustainable business and growth, we will continue to achieve success in all the three markets.”