Governance Diageo plc

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GB0002374006

Distillers & Wineries

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Jan. 22	Blackstone, Temasek Reportedly Weigh Bids for Diageo Stake in RCB	CI
Jan. 22	DIAGEO : UBS remains Neutral	ZD

Executive Committee: Diageo plc

Manager

Positions heldSince

David Lewis

61 year

Chief Executive Officer

2025-12-31

Sonya Ghobrial

Investor Relations Contact

Randall Ingber

51 year

General Counsel	2025-05-31
Corporate Secretary	2025-05-31

Manik H. Jhangiani

60 year

Director of Finance/CFO

2025-12-31

Cristina Diezhandino

60 year

Sales & Marketing

2020-06-30

Louise Prashad

Human Resources Officer

2021-12-31

Composition of the Board of Directors: Diageo plc

Director

CommitteesSince

John Manzoni

66 year

Compensation Committee	2021-03-31
Nominating Committee Chair	2025-02-04
Audit Committee	2022-05-17

Susan Kilsby

67 year

Executive Committee Chair	2020-12-31
Governance Committee Chair	2020-12-31
Nominating Committee Chair	2020-12-31
Audit Committee	2019-07-31
Nominating Committee	2018-04-03
Compensation Committee Chair	2018-12-31
Compensation Committee	2025-04-30

Melissa Bethell

52 year

Audit Committee	2025-09-25
Compensation Committee	2021-05-26
Governance Committee	2024-05-31
Nominating Committee	2020-06-29
Compensation Committee Chair	2025-09-25

Ireena Gopal Vittal

57 year

Audit Committee	2024-08-27
Nominating Committee	2020-10-01
Compensation Committee Chair	2022-04-19
Nominating Committee Chair	2022-04-19

John Rishton

67 year

Nominating Committee Chair	2020-12-31
Audit Committee	2025-10-31
Nominating Committee	2025-10-31

Valérie Chapoulaud-Floquet

64 year

Compensation Committee	2020-12-31
Nominating Committee	2020-12-31
Governance Committee Chair	2022-02-28

Karen Blackett

55 year

Compensation Committee	2022-05-31
Nominating Committee	2022-05-31

Julie Brown

64 year

Nominating Committee	2024-08-04
Audit Committee Chair	2024-08-04

Manik H. Jhangiani

60 year

Executive Committee Chair

2024-08-31

Randall Ingber

51 year

Director/Board Member

2025-05-31

David Lewis

61 year

Director/Board Member

2025-12-31

Latest Appointments: Diageo plc

Jan. 20	Imperial Brands names Informa's Rishton as next chair	AN
Jan. 20	Imperial Brands PLC Announces Board Changes	CI
Jan. 20	Imperial Brands Chooses Informa's Rishton as Next Chair	DJ
Jan. 12	From Walmart to Nestlé, CEO churn sweeps global consumer goods makers	RE
Jan. 05	Diageo plc Appoints David John Lewis as Director, Effective January 1, 2026	CI
Dec. 17	Global markets live: Netflix, Amazon, Tesla, Kraft, BAE Systems…
Dec. 17	Diageo sells East African Breweries stake to Asahi for $2.3 billion	RE

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Former Officers and Directors: Diageo plc

Insider

Positions held

SinceUntil

Betsy Holden

Director/Board Member	2009-08-31	2018-09-19
Independent Dir/Board Member	2009-08-31	2018-09-19

Peggy Bertha Bruzelius

Director/Board Member	2009-04-23	2017-12-31
Independent Dir/Board Member	2009-04-23	2017-12-31

Philip Gordon Scott

Director/Board Member	2007-10-16	2017-09-19
Independent Dir/Board Member	2007-10-16	2017-09-19

Franz Humer

Chairman	2005-03-31	2016-12-31
Independent Dir/Board Member	2007-12-31	2016-12-31

Deirdre Mahlan

Director/Board Member	2010-09-30	2015-11-08
Director of Finance/CFO	2011-01-03	2015-11-08
Corporate Officer/Principal	2010-12-13	2011-01-03
Director of Finance/CFO	2025-08-17	2025-12-30

David Gosnell

Director/Board Member	2009-09-15	2011-01-03
Corporate Officer/Principal	2003-06-30	2014-03-30

Andrew Morgan

Director/Board Member	2009-09-15	2011-01-03
Corporate Officer/Principal	2004-09-30	2014-06-29

Gareth Williams

Human Resources Officer

1998-12-31

2014-06-29

Ian Wright

Director/Board Member	2009-09-15	2011-01-04
Public Communications Contact	2014-03-30	2014-03-30
Corporate Officer/Principal	2004-06-30	2014-03-30

Howard Stitzer

Director/Board Member	2009-09-15	2013-09-18
Independent Dir/Board Member	2004-05-31	2013-09-18

Paul Walsh

Director/Board Member	2010-12-13	2013-06-30
Chief Executive Officer	2000-08-31	2013-06-30
Chief Operating Officer	1999-12-31	2013-06-30

Timothy Proctor

Director/Board Member	2009-09-15	2011-01-03
General Counsel	2000-05-31	2013-06-29

Stuart Fletcher

Director/Board Member	2009-09-15	2010-12-19
President	2004-09-30	2009-09-15

Ronald Anderson

Director/Board Member	2009-09-15	2010-12-19
Corporate Officer/Principal	2008-06-30	2011-06-29

Paul Walker

Director/Board Member	2002-05-31	2011-10-18
Independent Dir/Board Member	2002-05-31	2011-10-18

Clive Richard Hollick

Director/Board Member

2001-11-30

2011-10-18

Maria Lilja

Director/Board Member

1999-10-31

2009-10-13

Mauro Pennella

Corporate Officer/Principal

2002-10-31

2009-08-31

William Shanahan

Director/Board Member

1999-04-30

2009-04-29

Robert Malcolm

Sales & Marketing

2002-05-31

2008-11-30

Lord James Blyth

Chairman

2007-12-31

Paul D. Tunnacliffe

Director/Board Member	2007-12-31	-
Corporate Secretary	2007-12-31	-

Jonathan Symonds

Director/Board Member

2004-04-30

2007-10-16

Thorsten Knopp

Corporate Officer/Principal

2006-12-31

Richard F. Dobry

Corporate Officer/Principal

2004-03-31

2006-09-30

Chris L. Kiser

Corporate Officer/Principal

2003-12-31

William Simon

Corporate Officer/Principal

2000-12-31

Nicholas John Cullen

Corporate Officer/Principal

1998-12-31

2002-12-31

Christopher Paul Britton

Sales & Marketing

1994-12-31

2002-12-31

James S. Peliotes

Sales & Marketing

2000-06-30

2002-06-30

John R. Speirs

Sales & Marketing

1997-12-31

1999-12-31

Alice Avis

Corporate Officer/Principal

1995-01-31

1999-11-30

Philip Yea

Director/Board Member	1996-12-31	1998-12-31
Director of Finance/CFO	1996-12-31	1998-12-31

Andrew Carr-Locke

Corporate Officer/Principal

1973-12-31

1997-12-31

Duke Dayal

Corporate Officer/Principal

1983-12-31

1995-12-30

Jack Shea

Corporate Officer/Principal

Daniel Abrams

Corporate Officer/Principal

Elisabeth Ibeson

Human Resources Officer

David Gay Williams

Corporate Officer/Principal

Dean F. Mastantuono

Corporate Officer/Principal

Lisa Kennedy

Corporate Officer/Principal

Rosemary Thorne

Director of Finance/CFO

Sean Jefferson

Director/Board Member

Robin Dargue

Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer

Paul Sullivan

Corporate Officer/Principal

Bill M. Lilla

Corporate Officer/Principal

Louis Zweig

Corporate Officer/Principal

Alex Williams

Corporate Officer/Principal

Monica Woo

Corporate Officer/Principal	-	-
Sales & Marketing	-	-

Deborah Newton

Corporate Officer/Principal

Ian MacLaurin

Director/Board Member

Tex McCarthy

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor	-	2010-08-18
Sales & Marketing	-	-

Richard G. Pratt

Corporate Officer/Principal

Chris Bulmer

Corporate Officer/Principal

Richard Guest

Corporate Officer/Principal

Ray King

Director of Finance/CFO

John Alferi

Corporate Officer/Principal

Angus Frew

Corporate Officer/Principal

Bob Frosell

Corporate Officer/Principal

Michael Benson

Sales & Marketing

Kate Guthrie

Corporate Officer/Principal

Tony Kypreos

Corporate Officer/Principal

Paviter Binning

Director of Finance/CFO

David Rey

Corporate Officer/Principal

Robert Wilson

Director/Board Member	-	-
Independent Dir/Board Member	2011-04-17	-

Brian McCabe

Corporate Officer/Principal

Richard Fraser Millman

Corporate Officer/Principal

Rodney Frank Chase

Director/Board Member	-	-
Independent Dir/Board Member	-	-

Noel J. Toolan

Corporate Officer/Principal

Peter Greenslade

Corporate Officer/Principal

Paul Doherty

Corporate Officer/Principal

Hywel Evans

Director of Finance/CFO

Michael L. Hepher

Director/Board Member

Donald J. Blaustein

Corporate Officer/Principal

Ian Cheshire

Corporate Officer/Principal

Crispin Davis

Director/Board Member

Ian Truscott

Corporate Officer/Principal

Robert Barr

Corporate Officer/Principal

Age distribution of managers

Parity Men Women

Male	12
Female	11

Of which Executive Committee

Male	3
Female	3

Of which Directors

Male	5
Female	6

Revisions

Révisions CA 1 an

Révisions CA 4 mois

Révisions CA 1 mois

Révisions BNA 1 an

Révisions BNA 4 mois

ESG MSCI

Environnement

Social

Gouvernance

Polémique

Controverses Ethiques

Controverses sur les droits de l'Homme

Controverses Subventions fiscales

Conforme à la finance Islamique

Diageo plc is one of the world leaders in the production and marketing of alcoholic drinks. The group's products are marketed under the Smirnoff, Johnnie Walker, Baileys, Captain Morgan, Jose Cuervo, Tanqueray brands, etc. Net sales break down by family of products as follows: - spirits (79.3%); - beer (16.1%); - ready-to-drink beverage (3.5%) ; - other (1.1%). Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Europe (23.8%), North America (39.4%), Asia-Pacific (18%), Latin America and the Caribbean (9.1%), Africa (9.1%) and others (0.6%).

Employees

29,632

Sector

Distillers & Wineries

Calendar

Feb. 25 - Q2 2026 Earnings Release

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