Diageo Finds ‘Safe Pair of Hands’ With Ex-US Army Officer Named CEO
- Menezes is retiring in June after a decade at the helm
- Crew will become one of UK’s highest profile female executives
Source: Diageo
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Diageo Plc named former tobacco boss Debra Crew to succeed Ivan Menezes as chief executive and become the highest profile female executive on the UK’s benchmark index.
Crew, 52, will make the leap from her current role as chief operating officer at the start of July, Diageo said in a statement. Menezes will retire after a decade at the helm of the distiller of Johnnie Walker whisky.