Victor C. Barnes
Victor C. Barnes is an executive coach and also provides consultancy and advisory services to businesses. Previously, Mr. Barnes served as Chief of Connected Planning for Anaplan, a publicly traded business planning software company. Prior to joining Anaplan in February 2021, Mr. Barnes served The Coca-Cola Company since 1994, where he first served as an auditor and then held numerous executive financial roles, across multiple business units and countries, last serving as the Global Chief Financial Officer of their McDonald’s Division. Mr. Barnes began his professional business career in 1988 with the public accounting firm of Coopers & Lybrand and also served as an auditor at The Walt Disney Company. Mr. Barnes earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from Northern Illinois University, an Executive Masters of Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and is a Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Barnes also serves as an audit committee financial expert.