The 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 giant.
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- EX-CO-COLA LEGAL BOSS GAYTON JOS TAX TECH COMPANY BOARD (1)
- EX-CO-COLA GC BRADLEY GAYTON MA $9M LAST YEAR CONSULTG FOR COMPANY
- CO-COLA SHAK UP IN-HOE LEGAL TEAM, SWAPPG OUT GAYTON (2)
- BRADLEY GAYTON ELECTED SENR VICE PRINT AND GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE CO‑COLA COMPANY
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- BRADLEY GAYTON, GENERAL UNSEL, FORD MOTOR COMPANY
- BRADLEY GAYTON APPOTED STRATEGIC CONSULTANT TO CO‑COLA CHAIRMAN AND CEO
EX-CO-COLA LEGAL BOSS GAYTON JOS TAX TECH COMPANY BOARD (1)
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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.
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. 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? 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.
EX-CO-COLA GC BRADLEY GAYTON MA $9M LAST YEAR CONSULTG FOR COMPANY
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The Atlanta-based beverage giant tailed Gayton’s pensatn s latt proxy statement, which showed that Co-Cola paid Gayton $9.
CO-COLA SHAK UP IN-HOE LEGAL TEAM, SWAPPG OUT GAYTON (2)
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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.
BRADLEY GAYTON ELECTED SENR VICE PRINT AND GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE CO‑COLA COMPANY
The Co-Cola Co. announced Wednday that is movg legal chief Bradley Gayton to a “strategic nsultant” role ls than a year after he joed the pany and promotg -hoe lawyer Moni Howard Douglas to general unsel. * bradley gayton *
The pse after the orchtrator of the plan, Coke’s former general unsel Bradley Gayton, abptly rigned last month after ls than a year on the job and as cricism of the quotas mounted. Some qutned whether Gayton’s polici vlated Tle VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which says employers n’t treat people differently based on their race.
Stt Leh, a spokman for Coke, said Gayton’s replacement, Moni Howard Douglas, is now reviewg the plan.
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Coke’s former general unsel Bradley Gayton, abptly rigned last month after ls than a year on the job. In January, Gayton ma headl when he unveiled his plans to penalize outsi law firms that failed to meet new diversy quotas by slashg their fe or cuttg ti wh them altogether. “The hard tth is that our profsn is not treatg the issue of diversy and cln as a bs imperative, ” Gayton wrote January, unveilg the plan.
But Gayton’s sudn rignatn last month has thrown the plan to doubt, wh outsirs cricizg the plan and urgg Co-Cola to walk back. Co-Cola hired Gayton September 2020 after spendg nearly 30 years as the top lawyer at Ford. It’s unclear how Gayton will be able to impact the pany’s outsi law firm diversy plan his new posn.
Co-Cola’s top lawyer, who had ma a public ph to diversify the ranks of outsi attorneys servg the beverage giant, is vatg the post after ls than eight months amid pany challeng tied to tax and social didn’t offer a reason for the end of Bradley Gayton’s role as senr vice print and global general unsel.
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It cled to ment Thursday beyond a prs release and disclosure Atlanta-based pany said Gayton has been appoted to a one-year strategic nsultant role and “will foc on workg wh Chairman and CEO Jam Qucey to drive certa key objectiv.
”ExploreWh top lawyer out, Coke reviewg diversy mandate for law firmsIt also said Gayton had rigned om his full-time posn. Gayton will get $12 ln: a $4 ln payment, pl monthly payments of $666, 666.
BRADLEY GAYTON APPOTED STRATEGIC CONSULTANT TO CO‑COLA CHAIRMAN AND CEO
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“Que simply, we are no longer terted discsg motivatns, programs, or exc for ltle to no progrs — ’s the rults that we are mandg and will measure gog forward, ” Gayton wrote to firms dog bs wh announcg Gayton’s rignatn, the pany wrote a prs release that he had led Coke’s legal anizatn “through an important perd of transn” and also had “led iativ for novatn, diversy and cln, cludg advancg public service through the law. ”In a prs release, Qucey thanked Gayton for his service and said he “has shown himself to be a strategic and rults-oriented lear.
”Gayton was quoted sayg, “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. Announced Wednday that is movg legal chief Bradley Gayton to a “strategic nsultant” role ls than a year after he joed the pany and promotg -hoe lawyer Moni Howard Douglas to general, who joed Co-Cola on Sept. Bradley Gayton Elected Senr Vice Print and General Counsel of The Co‑Cola Company.
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ATLANTA, July 20, 2020 – 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.