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Member of the Board of Trustees; Chair of the Finance & Resources Committee

Board Member providing oversight & governance of £5bn Pension Scheme; Chair of the Audit Committee; Member of the Pension Investment Committee; Chair of the Responsible Investment Committee

Management of Group level liquidity / funding management issues such as bond issuance &, interest risk management, bank relationship management and Treasury related support to markets globally in respect of local funding requirements and leading on capital structure reviews. Director for various Group Treasury entities. Continue to lead the Global Finance.

London, United Kingdom

Diageo global business services provides shared service operations and IT support, largely operating from shared service centres in Budapest, Bogota, Nairobi and Manila. I manage a team of 100 people covering finance, strategy, Governance & Controls and finance leadership of the global productivity programme, including implementation of zero based.

London, United Kingdom

Main responsibilities included Group level planning and business performance management, providing timely and insightful analysis to the Diageo Executive Committee; management of corporate overheads; financial support to the Global Brand teams and Joint Venture operations.

New York, USA

Reporting to the General Manager for North America Spirits business (largest Diageo market) I managed a finance team based across the USA that provided commercial finance support to the sales and marketing teams.

California, USA

Based in Napa valley, I was finance director for the Diageo wine business that was growing through a combination of strong organic growth and acquisition. Actively involved in M and A and lead integration of acquisition into the business. My team was responsible for the financial management of the sales / marketing and supply aspects of the business.

Reporting to the MD, I was Finance Director for the Great Britain Off Trade business and wine business. My team was responsible for providing commercial finance support to the GB sales and marketing teams.

Tokyo, Japan

Main responsibilities were management of financial accounting, commercial finance team, IT and logistics and customer service. Implemented SAP. With GM, led strategic review of the joint venture, obtained shareholder approval for proposal and implemented significant change programme.

London, United Kingdom

Guinness Supply operates brewing and packaging operations across ROI and the U.K., managed finance team across all sites and small central team.

Seville, Spain

Responsible for management and statutory reporting, internal audit and local tax and treasury services.

London, England, United Kingdom

Financial support to three regions: Spain, GB and Ireland. Also provided financial support to the Guinness Supply Team.

U.K. / Atlanta

UK based finance manager roles & International auditor

Economics With Law, 2.1

9 O'Levels And 3 A'Levels