– UK, London – Diageo plc (LON: DGE), announced the appointment of John Rishton to its Board as a Non-Executive Director, effective 1 November 2025.
John Rishton will also join the Audit and Nomination Committees.
About John Rishton
John Rishton has over 40 years’ business experience in a variety of roles, companies, and industries, including nearly 14 years as a CEO or CFO. He is chair of Informa plc, as well as serving as chair of Serco Group PLC, from which he will retire on 31 December 2025.
His executive roles include Chief Executive of Rolls-Royce Group plc from 2011 to 2015 and CFO and then Chief Executive and President of Royal Ahold NV, the Dutch multinational supermarket group, from 2006 to 2011.
John Rishton was also CFO of British Airways plc from 2001 to 2005, having previously held a number of finance, commercial, and operational roles at British Airways in the US and UK, having joined in 1994. Before joining British Airways, John held various finance roles at Ford Motor Company in the UK, Spain, and Portugal.
John Rishton has extensive experience in non-executive roles, including at Unilever, Associated British Ports, Allied Domecq, Majid Al Futtaim, and ICA Gruppen.
About Diageo
Diageo is a global leader in beverage alcohol with an outstanding collection of brands across spirits and beer categories. These brands include Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, JεB and Buchanan’s 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 nearly 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: https://www.diageo.com/
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