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Ellie May

SVP, Controller & Chief Accounting Officer
The Coca Cola Company

Ellie May is SVP, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer for The Coca-Cola Company.

May has extensive experience in the financial industry, with a proven track record of improving efficiency, implementing strategic plans and optimizing resources to achieve corporate objectives.

Before joining The Coca-Cola Company in 2023, May held several leadership positions at Ernst & Young, where she was an audit partner for multinational companies in the retail and consumer products industries.

Prior to that, she was a partner in Ernst & Young's National Accounting practice in New York, where she was responsible for consulting with engagement teams and clients, monitoring standard-setting activities, and developing Ernst & Young's interpretive guidance on the topic of revenue recognition.

May has also worked outside the United States, spending three years in Ernst & Young's audit and capital markets practices in Belgium and Germany.

She is a Certified Public Accountant and maintains memberships with professional organizations, including the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Financial Executives International.

May serves on the board of the Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta, as treasurer for the Inman Park Neighborhood Festival, and as a steering committee member of the CFO Roundtable Women's Initiative.

May earned a bachelor's degree in international business from the University of Georgia and a master's degree in accounting from the University of Virginia.