Thomas McGuire

Tom has more than 30 years of business experience following his first job out of college as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Central America. He began his business career as an external auditor in Columbus, Ohio, and after becoming a C.P.A. in 1982, left Coopers & Lybrand to join The Coca-Cola Company.

Tom grew up in the finance function at Coke, eventually leading Finance in the company’s German Division following the fall of the Berlin Wall. After playing a key role in expanding Coke’s business into the former East Germany, Tom returned to Atlanta to work as part of the marketing management team reporting to Chief Marketing Officer, Sergio Zyman. In addition to managing marketing financial plans, Tom was responsible for re-branding the World of Coca-Cola and Company Stores, building the WOCC Las Vegas and expanding the licensed merchandise business of the Company. Tom played a key role negotiating worldwide advertising agreements that led the way on establishing the industry trend towards fee based compensation. From 1997 to 1999 Tom led the Talent Acquisition function at Coca-Cola, sourcing general management and marketing talent for worldwide operations and all talent for North America. In 1999 he moved into a role in Latin America managing the development of a market level strategy and integration plan for Peru following Coke’s acquisition of Inca Cola, reporting to the Andean Division President.

In 2000 Tom joined Zyman Marketing Group in Atlanta, a developer of web-based marketing tools, as Chief Operating Officer. Following Zyman Marketing Group he formed a consulting venture, Human Capital Formation, LLC. In this business Tom provided consulting services that guided the redesign of the human resources functions and processes at clients including Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory Healthcare.

In 2003, Tom joined Revlon, Inc., in New York City, serving as Revlon’s Chief Financial Officer and then as President, Revlon International. During his tenure at Revlon, Tom led multiple debt and equity financing transactions totally more than $2 billion, built the company’s investor relations function, and implemented procedures to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley and other SEC mandated reporting.

Tom rejoined The Coca-Cola Company in October 2007 as Group Director, Global Talent Acquisition, and focused on supporting the Company’s growth through developing and executing strategies to acquire top professional talent and independent contractors in the Company’s markets around the world. After competing the build-out of a successful in-house global search firm spanning 18 countries and filling roles in 100+ countries, Tom retired from Coke in May, 2013, and joined Designs on Talent as a talent strategy consultant.

Born and raised in Massillon, Ohio, he and his wife Chris reside in Atlanta, have been married since 1981, and have 3 children; Olivia, Sean, and Patrick. Tom enjoys playing guitar and other instruments, writing and recording music, and participating in road biking and sprint triathlons.