Presently, Kathryn A. Mikells occupies the position of Chief Financial Officer & Executive Director at Diageo Plc. She is also on the board of The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. In her past career Ms. Mikells occupied the position of Chief Financial Officer & Planning Director at Mileage Plus, Inc., Assistant Vice President-Media & Utilities Sector at Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President at UAL Corp., Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President for United Air Lines, Inc., Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President at Xerox Corp., Chief Financial Officer for Nalco Co., Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President of Nalco Holding Co., Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President of The ADT Security Corp., Chief Financial Officer of ADT LLC, Business Analyst for General Electric Capital Corp. and Manager-Commercial Loans at Household International, Inc. Ms. Mikells received an undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois and an MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.