Executive record
Derek Benz
Career profile: Derek Benz on CISO Spotlights ↗
Derek Benz is Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at Coca-Cola, as of November 2, 2026, per coca-colacompany.com (company's own site).
Seat verified November 2, 2026 · Added to the record November 2, 2026 · no move on the Wire yet · Updated
Tracked record
2026-11-02 · Roster verification
Derek Benz, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at Coca-Cola, verified November 2, 2026
Source: coca-colacompany.com (company's own site) ↗ · Company record
No appointment or departure for Derek Benz is on the Wire. This page rests on the roster entry above: a verification, against the source cited, of who held the Coca-Cola seat on that date. It is not a career history and states nothing beyond that entry.
This record begins with CISO Tribune's tracking in 2026.
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