Michael Goltzman joined The Coca-Cola Company in September 1997 working on international public policy and trade issues primarily in the Company’s Washington, D.C. office. From mid-2009 until mid-2012, he served as the Director of Public Affairs & Communications for the Middle East & North Africa Business Unit, responsible for 33 countries, including the Middle East, North Africa, West Africa, as well as Pakistan and Afghanistan. In 2012, he moved to Atlanta as Vice President of International Government Relations & Public Affairs, and in 2017 he was named Vice President, Global Policy & Sustainability. In 2024, he was named Senior Vice President.

Before joining the Company, he worked in France with U.S. Ambassador Pamela Harriman. Prior to moving to Paris, he received a Master Degree in Political Science at the Université de Bordeaux’s Institute for Political Studies. He also holds a M.A. in international law and diplomacy from the Fletcher School of International Law & Diplomacy. He did his undergraduate work at Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts.

He serves on the board of the International Tax & Investment Center, the US Council for International Business and the Pamela Harriman Foreign Service Fellowships at the College of William & Mary. He is the former co-chair of the International Food & Beverage Alliance (IFBA).

A French speaker, he and his wife, Chloée, have three children.