Lead Non-Executive and Deputy Chair of the Departmental Board, Paul Walsh.
Paul Walsh is the CEO of Diageo plc. He was appointed to this position on the 1st of September 2000. Paul was chief operating officer of Diageo from 1 January 2000 to 31 August 2000.
Paul joined GrandMet’s brewing division in 1982 and became Finance Director in 1986. He held financial and commercial positions with Inter-Continental Hotels and in the GrandMet food business, becoming CEO of The Pillsbury Company in 1992. Paul was appointed to the GrandMet Board in October 1995, and to the Diageo Board in December 1997.
Paul is chairman of the Scotch Whisky Association, and a non-executive director of FedEx Corporation and Unilever plc. Paul is a former chairman of the court of governors of Henley Management College, and a member of the board of trustees of The Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum. He is a member of the Prime Minister’s Business Advisory Group,