Mr. Daft joined The Coca-Cola Company in 1969 in the Sydney, Australia office. After positions in Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Tokyo, he moved to the headquarters office in Atlanta to assume responsibility for the Asia and Pacific region. Later the Middle East and Africa regions were added to his responsibility. He was appointed president and chief operating officer in December 1999 and was elected chairman, Board of Directors, and chief executive officer in February, 2000. He served in those capacities until retiring in May 2004.

In addition to being a member of the Board of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc., he is also a director of The McGraw-Hill Group of Companies and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Mr. Daft is also a Member of the European Advisory Council for N. M. Rothschild & Sons Limited and a member of the Advisory Board of Longreach, Inc., of Tisbury Capital and of Thomas H. Lee Partners. He is a member of the Board of Governors of Thunderbird, The Garvin School of International Management in Arizona; Chairman of the Advisory Board for the Churchill Archives Center, Churchill College Cambridge; a Trustee of the Cambridge Foundation; a visiting fellow at the Said Business School, Oxford University and a Patron of the American Australian Association.

Mr. Daft received a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the University of New England and a post-graduate degree in administration from the University of New South Wales. He holds an honorary doctorate in international law from Thunderbird, The American Graduate School of International Management. In the June 2005 Queen’s Birthday honours, Mr. Daft was awarded the Companion in the General Division of the Order of Australia, AC.

A native of Sydney, Mr. Daft and his wife, Delphine, have two children and three grandchildren.