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In-house moves: Coca-Cola waves goodbye to Wardle after ten years, with new GCs at Meta, giffgaff, and more

Clare Wardle

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners has appointed Svetlana Walker as its new general counsel and company secretary, set to start in the role in April after the departure of long-serving GC Clare Wardle (pictured).

Wardle joined the multinational bottling giant in 2016, when it was formed from the combination of Coca-Cola’s three major bottling companies in Western Europe. She will step down on 1 April 2026 after more than a decade in the role.

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