Transcom Group Chairman and CEO Latifur Rahman, eighth from right, poses with the “Global Bottler of the Year” award for 2016 at a ceremony at Hotel Sheraton in Italy on June 22. Rahman received the award on behalf of Transcom Beverages, a concern of Transcom Group, from PepsiCo Chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi. The award was announced at PepsiCo's annual Global Franchise Forum held in Rome. Transcom Group's Directors Simeen Hossain and Shahnaz Rahman, Transcom Beverages CEO Golam Quddus Chowdhury, Deputy Managing Director Khurshid Irfan Chowdhury, PepsiCo CEO (Asia, Middle East and North Africa) Sanjeev Chadha, PepsiCo Country Manager Manish Muley, PepsiCo Senior Vice President for beverage category Vipul Prakash, Transcom Beverages Director Arshad Waliur Rahman, PepsiCo Global Franchise President Andy Williams, PepsiCo Executive Vice President for global categories and franchise management Eugene Willemsen and Transcom Consumer Products Manager Zaraif Ayaat Hossain were also present. Photo: Transcom