Molson Coors’ Simon Cox retires as European unit president and CEO

Molson Coors has announced that its European business unit president and CEO Simon Cox will retire in the first quarter of 2022.

Cox has worked in the beer industry for 30 years and at Molson Coors for 16 years, where he led both the supply chain and on-trade sales team, as well as the company’s strategy function in the UK. 

The beer giant has appointed current managing director of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) Sergey Yeskov as his replacement, effective 1 January 2022.

Molson Coors president and CEO Gavin Hattersley said: “Sergey’s well-rounded experience across geographies and business functions, along with his people-first approach, will be an asset to our Europe team and for our entire global business”.

He added: “Under Sergey’s leadership, Molson Coors will continue to build strength for our people and for our business throughout the Europe business unit”.

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