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Grand Metropolitan Limited

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

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Previous officers 59

  1. Richard Nagy 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Christopher Mark Lewin 2020-2021 Director View profile
  3. Prabhaharan Viswanathan 2019-2020 Director View profile
  4. Hina Patel 2018-2022 Director View profile
  5. Kara Elizabeth Major 2018-2018 Director View profile
  6. Gabor Kovacs 2018-2020 Director View profile
  7. David Frederick Harlock 2016-2018 Director View profile
  8. Aniko Mahler 2015-2018 Director View profile
  9. Ian Anthony Hockney 2014-2015 Director View profile
  10. Jose Alberto Ibeas Franco 2011-2012 Director View profile
  11. Stephen John Bolton 2011-2012 Director View profile
  12. David Heginbottom 2011-2012 Director View profile
  13. Andrew Mark Smith 2009-2009 Director View profile
  14. Adele Ann Abigail 2008-2009 Director View profile
  15. Gavin Paul Crickmore 2007-2012 Director View profile
  16. Jill Kyne 2007-2009 Director View profile
  17. Sally Catherine Moore 2007-2011 Director View profile
  18. Christopher Richard Roff Marsh 2006-2007 Director View profile
  19. John James Nicholls 2006-2018 Director View profile
  20. Nandor Makos 2006-2014 Director View profile
  21. Michael Christopher Flynn 2005-2008 Director View profile
  22. Charles Dawson Coase 2005-2011 Director View profile
  23. Ravi Rajagopal 2003-2005 Director View profile
  24. Susanne Margaret Bunn 2003-2008 Director View profile
  25. Matthew John Lester 2003-2006 Director View profile
  26. Alistair Charles Walter Williams 2002-2003 Director View profile
  27. Robert Joseph Moore 2001-2003 Director View profile
  28. Joel Wayne Walters 2000-2004 Director View profile
  29. Ian Stewart Cray 2000-2001 Director View profile
  30. Nicholas Charles Rose 1999-2007 Director View profile
  31. Paviter Singh Binning 1999-2003 Director View profile
  32. Andrew Oliver Mullins 1999-1999 Director View profile
  33. John Michael Joseph Keenan 1998-2001 Director View profile
  34. Paul Steven Walsh 1998-2006 Director View profile
  35. Raymond King 1998-1999 Director View profile
  36. Phillip Keague Bentley 1998-2000 Director View profile
  37. Douglas Carter Stainton 1998-2000 Director View profile
  38. Philip Edward Yea 1997-1999 Director View profile
  39. Sir Anthony Armitage Greener 1997-2000 Director View profile
  40. Carole Frandsen St Mark 1996-1997 Director View profile
  41. Sir Peter James Denton Job 1994-1997 Director View profile
  42. Michael Leslie Hepher 1994-1997 Director View profile
  43. Gerald Michael Nolan Corbett 1994-1997 Director View profile
  44. Peter Edward Blackburn Cawdron 1993-1997 Director View profile
  45. Professor Dr Gertrud Hohler 1992-1995 Director View profile
  46. John Brian Mcgrath 1992-2000 Director View profile
  47. Richard Vincent Giordano 1997 Director View profile
  48. Right Honourable Lord Allen John George Sheppard 1996 Director View profile
  49. Sir George Jeffrey Bull 1998 Director View profile
  50. Lord Colin Marsh Marshall 1995 Director View profile
  51. Lord David Simon 1996 Director View profile
  52. Sir John Henry Harvey-Jones 1994 Director View profile
  53. Ian Alexander Martin 1994 Director View profile
  54. David Percy Nash 1995 Director View profile
  55. David Edward Tagg 1997 Director View profile
  56. Jonathan Michael Guttridge 2018-2018 Secretary View profile
  57. Victoria Cooper 2015-2017 Secretary View profile
  58. Claire Elizabeth Matthews 2012-2018 Secretary View profile
  59. Roger Hugh Myddelton 2003 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Activities of head offices
Incorporated
06/09/1934
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.

Group

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

3 directors on the board

6.3y median 5.8y
average tenure
8.4y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (3)

0
also govern a charity

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 43Business services 28Manufacturing 9Retail and trade 8Finance 6Property 3Hospitality 2

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
00291848
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
31/03/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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