Patricia Obozuwa joins Coca Cola as Africa V/President, Govt Affairs, Communications & Sustainability

Patricia Obozuwa has unveiled her new role at the Coca Cola Company, noting that she has been appointed as its Vice President, Government Affairs, Communications & Sustainability for Africa.

Brandnewsday reports that Obozuwa made this known via a statement she made available on social media on Tuesday, saying she was excited to join the Coca Cola Company’s Africa Leadership Team.

According to her, “I’m super excited to join the Coca Cola Company’s Africa Leadership Team as the Vice President, Government Affairs, Communications & Sustainability for Africa.”

Before joining the Coca Cola Company’s Africa Leadership Team, she served as the Chief Communications & Public Affairs Officer for GE Africa – a position she was initially appointed to in April 2012.

At GE, she is credited with building the communications and public affairs function.

Patricia Obozuwa Profile

Obozuwa established GE Africa’s corporate social responsibility platform, GE Kujenga aimed at empowering people by building valuable skills, equipping communities with new tools and technology and elevating innovative ideas that are solving Africa’s challenges. In 2016, Patricia established the ‘GE Lagos Garage’ a hub for advanced manufacturing skills development that has produced over 600 graduates in Nigeria to date (December 2019). She is the founding co-hub leader of the GE Women’s Network for Sub-Saharan Africa.

Prior to joining GE, she was Head, External Relations, Nigeria and Corporate Communication Leader, Sub-Saharan Africa at Procter & Gamble (P&G) where she pioneered the public relations function and built the West Africa communications team from scratch. Before joining P&G in 2005, Patricia was the Arts and Sponsorship Manager for the British Council in Nigeria.

Patricia serves as a Non-Executive Director on the board of The Water Trust (US-Headquartered Non-Profit Organization). She is also a member of the Lagos State Industry Advisory Board for the Yaba ICT Hub/Cluster project and she is on the jury of the “Africa Excellence Awards” (since 2016).

Culled from Africa Tech Summit