Patricia Obozuwa Joins The Coca Cola Company As VP, Gov’t Affairs, Communications And Sustainability For Africa

Renowned global thought leader in communications and public affairs, Patricia Obozuwa has joined the services of The Coca Cola Company as its Vice President, Government Affairs, Communications & Sustainability for Africa.

Prior to her appointment, she was the Chief Communications & Public Affairs Officer of GE Africa.

In her new role at The Coca Cola Company, she will oversee the activities related to government relations, communications management and sustainability as it relate to the African continent.

Excited about her new job at The Coca Cola Company,Patricia on her social media handle wrote, “I’m super excited to join The Coca Cola Company’s Africa Leadership Team as the Vice President, Government Affairs, Communications & Sustainability for Africa. First day on the job – I couldn’t be more thrilled to start this new chapter in my career. Thank you Lord for ordering my steps.”

Noteworthy, the Coca-Cola Company markets, manufactures and sells beverage concentrates and syrups; and, finished beverages (including sparkling soft drinks; water and sports drinks; juice, dairy and plant based drinks; and tea and coffee). Some of its brands include Coca-Cola, Sprite among others.

Remarkably, when Patricia was at GE she led a team of communicators across Sub-Saharan Africa, building and protecting GE’s brand and image on the sub-continent. She 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 as at December 2019. She is also 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).