DIAGEO
Javier Ferrán has been appointed to the board of directors as a non-executive director and will be appointed Chairman on January 1, 2O17, on the retirement of Dr. Franz Humer. Ferrán is a partner at Lion Capital, having been a founder/partner since 2OO5. Prior to that, he spent over 1O years at Bacardí, at the end as President and CEO. He’s also currently a non-executive director at SAB Miller but will not seek re-election at its annual general meeting. Also, Mark Schulte has been named Senior Vice President, National Accounts for Diageo North America. Previously he was Senior Vice President of Customer Marketing and Commercial Capabilities, in charge of customer marketing, category development, commercial capabilities, marketing services and on-premise teams.