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Diageo Finance PLC

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 63

  1. Christopher Mark Lewin 2020-2021 Director View profile
  2. Csaba Hajos 2019-2022 Director View profile
  3. Prabhaharan Viswanathan 2017-2020 Director View profile
  4. Vinod Rao 2017-2019 Director View profile
  5. David Frederick Harlock 2016-2018 Director View profile
  6. Sharon Lynnette Fennessy 2014-2017 Director View profile
  7. Edward Mcshane 2014-2017 Director View profile
  8. Stephen John Bolton 2011-2012 Director View profile
  9. Jose Alberto Ibeas Franco 2011-2012 Director View profile
  10. Dr GyöRgy Geiszl 2010-2013 Director View profile
  11. David Heginbottom 2010-2014 Director View profile
  12. Andrew Mark Smith 2009-2012 Director View profile
  13. Anna Olive Magdelene Manz 2009-2010 Director View profile
  14. Adele Ann Abigail 2008-2009 Director View profile
  15. Gavin Paul Crickmore 2007-2009 Director View profile
  16. Jill Kyne 2007-2009 Director View profile
  17. Sally Catherine Moore 2007-2011 Director View profile
  18. Deirdre Ann Mahlan 2007-2010 Director View profile
  19. Christopher Richard Roff Marsh 2006-2007 Director View profile
  20. Michael Christopher Flynn 2006-2008 Director View profile
  21. Raymond James Joy 2005-2007 Director View profile
  22. Charles Dawson Coase 2005-2011 Director View profile
  23. Ravi Rajagopal 2003-2005 Director View profile
  24. Simon Douglas Coward 2003-2003 Director View profile
  25. Matthew John Lester 2003-2006 Director View profile
  26. John James Nicholls 2003-2018 Director View profile
  27. Alistair Charles Walter Williams 2002-2003 Director View profile
  28. Robert Joseph Moore 2001-2003 Director View profile
  29. Roger Hugh Myddelton 2000-2003 Director View profile
  30. Joel Wayne Walters 2000-2004 Director View profile
  31. Ian Stewart Cray 2000-2001 Director View profile
  32. Paviter Singh Binning 1999-2003 Director View profile
  33. Raymond King 1998-1999 Director View profile
  34. Mark David Peters 1998-2000 Director View profile
  35. Susanne Margaret Bunn 1998-2008 Director View profile
  36. James Nigel Day Grover 1997-1998 Director View profile
  37. Julian Spenser Heslop 1997-1998 Director View profile
  38. Nicholas Charles Rose 1996-1998 Director View profile
  39. John Michael Joseph Keenan 1996-1998 Director View profile
  40. Paul Steven Walsh 1995-1998 Director View profile
  41. Douglas Malcolm Waddell 1995-1996 Director View profile
  42. Daniel Crowley 1995-1995 Director View profile
  43. Phillip Keague Bentley 1995-2000 Director View profile
  44. David Burke Rickard 1995-1996 Director View profile
  45. Gerald Michael Nolan Corbett 1994-1997 Director View profile
  46. Chester Joseph Evans 1994-1995 Director View profile
  47. Sir George Jeffrey Bull 1994-1998 Director View profile
  48. Ian Campbell Shaw 1994-1995 Director View profile
  49. John Brian Mcgrath 1994-1998 Director View profile
  50. Douglas Carter Stainton 1993-2000 Director View profile
  51. Peter Edward Blackburn Cawdron 1997 Director View profile
  52. Alastair Francis Douglas Macgowan 1994 Director View profile
  53. Right Honourable Lord Allen John George Sheppard 1996 Director View profile
  54. Steven Marshall 1993 Director View profile
  55. David Andrew Defty 1993 Director View profile
  56. Ian Alexander Martin 1993 Director View profile
  57. David Percy Nash 1995 Director View profile
  58. Simon Douglas Alexander Martin 1994 Director View profile
  59. Robert Charles Lowes 1994 Director View profile
  60. Jonathan Michael Guttridge 2018-2018 Secretary View profile
  61. Victoria Cooper 2015-2017 Secretary View profile
  62. Claire Elizabeth Matthews 2012-2018 Secretary View profile
  63. Barry Edward Wickham 1998 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Incorporated
23/04/1926
Registered office
London

Ownership

Owned by (1) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

  • Diageo PLC
    75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-10

Group

  1. Diageo Finance PLC is controlled by Diageo PLC
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-10 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Diageo PLC.

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Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

5 directors on the board

7.6y median 4.8y
average tenure
17.8y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (5)

0
also govern a charity
0
left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Professional services 28Business services 19Manufacturing 6Finance 3Retail and trade 3Property 2Hospitality 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
00213393
Status
Active
Type
Public Limited Company
Accounts next due
31/12/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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