Directorate Update

RNS Number : 4418J
Diageo PLC
05 December 2018
 

5 December 2018

 

Board Update

 

On 27 March 2018, Diageo announced that Ursula Burns's appointment to the Diageo Board, as Non-Executive Director, had been delayed following her appointment as interim Executive Chairman of VEON Ltd (NASDAQ and Euronext Amsterdam: VEON)

Diageo and Ms. Burns have now agreed that in light of her still continuing to act as interim Executive Chairman of VEON, she will not take up her appointment on the Diageo Board. 

 

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Enquiries:

 

Media relations:

 

Jessica Rouleau

+44 (0)20 8978 1286

 

 

press@diageo.com

+44 (0)20 8978 2749

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investor relations:

 

Andy Ryan

+44 (0) 20 8978 6504

 

 

Pier Falcione

+44 (0) 20 8978 4838

 

 

investor.relations@diageo.com

 

 

About Diageo

Diageo is a global leader in beverage alcohol with an outstanding collection of brands including Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, JεB, Buchanan's and Windsor whiskies, Smirnoff, Cîroc and Ketel One vodkas, Captain Morgan, Baileys, Don Julio, Tanqueray and Guinness.

 

Diageo is a global company, and our products are sold in more than 180 countries around the world. The company is listed on both the London Stock Exchange (DGE) and the New York Stock Exchange (DEO). For more information about Diageo, our people, our brands, and performance, visit us at www.diageo.com. Visit Diageo's global responsible drinking resource, www.DRINKiQ.com, for information, initiatives, and ways to share best practice.

 

Celebrating life, every day, everywhere.

 

 


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