Bradley Gayton Elected Senr Vice Print and General Counsel of The Co-Cola Company :: The Co-Cola Company (KO)

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• BRADLEY GAYTON APPOTED STRATEGIC CONSULTANT TO CO-COLA CHAIRMAN AND CEO
• BRADLEY GAYTON, GENERAL UNSEL, FORD MOTOR COMPANY
• EX-CO-COLA LEGAL BOSS GAYTON JOS TAX TECH COMPANY BOARD (1)
• BRADLEY GAYTON ELECTED SENR VICE PRINT AND GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE CO-COLA COMPANY
• EX-CO-COLA GC BRADLEY GAYTON MA $9M LAST YEAR CONSULTG FOR COMPANY
• BRADLEY M GAYTONFORMER SENR VP/GENERAL COUNSEL, CO-COLA CO
• BRADLEY GAYTON APPOTED STRATEGIC CONSULTANT TO CO-COLA CHAIRMAN AND CEO
• THE BLACK GENERAL COUNSEL PROJECT: CO-COLA’S BRADLEY GAYTON
• BRADLEY GAYTON ELECTED SENR VICE PRINT AND GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE CO-COLA COMPANY
• BRADLEY GAYTON APPOTED STRATEGIC CONSULTANT TO CO‑COLA CHAIRMAN AND CEO

BRADLEY GAYTON APPOTED STRATEGIC CONSULTANT TO CO-COLA CHAIRMAN AND CEO

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Co-Cola Company today announced that Bradley Gayton, who currently serv as senr vice print and global general unsel, has been appoted to a strategic nsultant role. Gayton assum his new role effective immediately.

Sce jog Co-Cola om Ford Motor Company, Gayton has led the global Co-Cola legal anizatn through an important perd of transn. Gayton has also led iativ for novatn, diversy and cln, cludg advancg public service through the law.

“It has been a privilege to do such important work wh my amazg lleagu the legal partment and to be part of Co-Cola’s dynamic learship team, ” Gayton said. But as you snned the major law firms at the time, I don’t believe there were any black partners, there were very few women, and I uldn’t intify any gay or lbian partners.

BRADLEY GAYTON, GENERAL UNSEL, FORD MOTOR COMPANY

May 19, 2021, 4:45 PM; Updated: May 19, 2021, 9:12 PMThe Co-Cola Company’s former general unsel Bradley Gayton has joed the board of directors of tax software pany Vertex Inc., weeks after he abptly left the top legal post at the beverage, who has also been the top lawyer at Ford Motor Co., was elected onto Vertex’s board May 11 for a term that will last to 2024, acrdg to a Monday pany securi filg. Much more ptivatg is the drama at Co-Cola—namely, what happened to Bradley Gayton, s erstwhile general unsel who sudnly got bumped out of his post?

EX-CO-COLA LEGAL BOSS GAYTON JOS TAX TECH COMPANY BOARD (1)

Granted, we don’t officially know what happened (Co-Cola CEO Jam Qucey issued a “thank you for your service”—lerally g that term—statement about Gayton’s parture) but sure looks like the pany paid big bucks to ph him out. Bradley Gayton, who rigned last year as Co-Cola’s top lawyer after only about eight months on the job, wasn’t entled to any pensatn based on a voluntary separatn, adviser Glass Lewis & Co. ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Co-Cola Company today announced that Bradley Gayton has been elected senr vice print and general unsel.

Gayton to Co-Cola after nearly 30 years at Ford Motor Company, where he most recently served as group vice print, chief admistrative officer and general unsel.

At Ford, Gayton served as a member of the senr management team and was rponsible for Staabily, Environment and Safety Engeerg; Corporate Servic; Global Shared Service Center Operatns; Secury; and Ford Land, which manag pany facili and real tate. “I am lookg forward to the new challeng and growth that awa me this new role, ” Gayton said.

BRADLEY GAYTON ELECTED SENR VICE PRINT AND GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE CO-COLA COMPANY

Gayton joed Ford 1991 as an attorney. Gayton was the recipient of the Natnal Legal Aid & Defenr Associatn’s 2018 Exemplar Award for his outstandg mment to advancg equal jtice for low-e cizens through his pro bono work.

As a father of three dghters, Gayton is passnate about issu facg women and girls and has foced much of the efforts on helpg victims of domtic abe and other crim through U-Visa. Gayton, 57, is a native of Syrace, N. Gayton will be based at Co-Cola headquarters Atlanta.

Bradley Gayton, former general unsel for The Co Cola Co. The Atlanta-based beverage giant paid Gayton $9. Bradley Gayton stepped down as Co-Cola's top lawyer April 2021.

EX-CO-COLA GC BRADLEY GAYTON MA $9M LAST YEAR CONSULTG FOR COMPANY

Gayton entered to a nsultg agreement wh Co-Cola after he vated the GC seat. After Bradley Gayton rigned as the Co-Cola Co. The Atlanta-based beverage giant tailed Gayton’s pensatn s latt proxy statement, which showed that Co-Cola paid Gayton $9.

Co-Cola's Bradley Gayton Out as General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer Tak Role. Bradley Gayton Jos Board of Publicly Owned Tax Tech Company Vertex Inc.

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BRADLEY M GAYTONFORMER SENR VP/GENERAL COUNSEL, CO-COLA CO

Gayton is the Former General Counsel of Ford Motor Company and The Co-Cola Company. Gayton also serv on the Board of Directors of Vertex, Inc. Co-Cola senr vice print and general unsel Bradley Gayton se brgg more Black lawyers to the profsn as a moral obligatn and said there’s a bs imperative to fix the diversy problem quickly.

BRADLEY GAYTON APPOTED STRATEGIC CONSULTANT TO CO-COLA CHAIRMAN AND CEO

It’s time to double our efforts wh a rolute foc on addrsg this issue om early tn, llege pipele, law school admissns, recg, on-boardg, and reer velopment at every stage, ” Gayton said a recent Bloomberg Law survey. The Co-Cola Company today announced that Bradley Gayton has been elected senr vice print and general unsel. Bradley Gayton (Photo: Bs Wire).

Very mandg, ” said Nancy Hazely, who worked wh Gayton for nearly 20 years before he joed Co-Cola. Durg Bradley Gayton’s brief tenure as the chief lawyer at the Co-Cola Co., at least 11 members of the legal partment, cludg several -hoe lears, parted ways wh the Atlanta-based beverage giant. The partur durg Gayton’s eight-month stt as general unsel raise more qutns than answers, much as Gayton’s abpt rignatn did last month.

Gayton signed a $12 ln agreement to serve as an pennt ntractor and nsultant to Co-Cola CEO Jam Qucey for a year. A Co-Cola employee told Corporate Counsel that Gayton might have phed too hard, too soon, to nsolidate the pany’s global legal operatns, rtcture the legal partment and enact new diversy guil for Co-Cola’s outsi law firms.

THE BLACK GENERAL COUNSEL PROJECT: CO-COLA’S BRADLEY GAYTON

Bradley Gayton Appoted Strategic Consultant to Co‑Cola Chairman and CEO. ATLANTA, April 21, 2021 – The Co‑Cola Company today announced that Bradley Gayton, who currently serv as senr vice print and global general unsel, has been appoted to a strategic nsultant role.

Sce jog Co‑Cola om Ford Motor Company, Gayton has led the global Co‑Cola legal anizatn through an important perd of transn. “It has been a privilege to do such important work wh my amazg lleagu the legal partment and to be part of Co‑Cola’s dynamic learship team, ” Gayton said.

BRADLEY GAYTON ELECTED SENR VICE PRINT AND GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE CO-COLA COMPANY

BRADLEY GAYTON APPOTED STRATEGIC CONSULTANT TO CO‑COLA CHAIRMAN AND CEO