Deirdre Mahlan, chief financial officer, Diageo
Deirdre Mahlan has held been chief financial officer and a director of the board at Diageo since 2010.
Before taking on this role she was head of the company’s tax and treasury and chief financial officer for its North American business.
Under her guidance Diageo announced pre-tax profits of £3.1bn last year – up by 32% – as a result of strong sales in emerging markets.
In June last year Diageo announced plans to invest £1bn in Scotch whisky production and to create 100 jobs as the firm builds a new distillery in Speyside.