United States soft drinks company Cott Corporation has appointed Robert Flaherty as president of its U.S. business unit. He will assume this role on January 3, 2005.
Flaherty's experience includes 18 years at PepsiCo and The Pepsi Bottling Group, where his executive responsibilities ranged across finance, strategic planning, sales and marketing to general management of a number of U.S. business units. Most recently, he ran a consulting company, providing services to corporate clients and private equity firms.