Christian Brown

Coca-Cola Bottling Company United Inc. has elected Christian Brown to its board of directors.

Brown currently serves as chairman of the board of McIlhenny Co., the 152-year-old maker of Tabasco brand pepper sauce. He is also managing director of NOLA Holdings LLC, a private-equity investment firm he founded in 1997.

A graduate of Tulane University and Tulane University School of Law, Brown previously served as co-founder and managing director of Legacy Capital; executive vice president, chief operating officer and general counsel of Brown’s Velvet Dairy Products and an attorney at Chaffe, McCall law firm.