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Guinness Overseas Holdings Limited
Activities of head offices
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 31
- Richard Nagy 2024-2025 View profile
- Gabor Kovacs 2018-2020 View profile
- David Frederick Harlock 2016-2018 View profile
- Aniko Mahler 2015-2018 View profile
- Ian Anthony Hockney 2014-2015 View profile
- Jose Alberto Ibeas Franco 2011-2012 View profile
- Stephen John Bolton 2011-2012 View profile
- David Heginbottom 2011-2012 View profile
- Andrew Mark Smith 2009-2012 View profile
- Adele Ann Abigail 2008-2009 View profile
- Gavin Paul Crickmore 2007-2012 View profile
- Nandor Makos 2006-2014 View profile
- Susanne Margaret Bunn 2005-2008 View profile
- Matthew John Lester 2005-2006 View profile
- Charles Dawson Coase 2005-2011 View profile
- Nicholas Bodo Blazquez 2005-2011 View profile
- Michael Christopher Flynn 2005-2008 View profile
- Alistair Charles Walter Williams 2002-2003 View profile
- John James Nicholls 2001-2018 View profile
- David Herbert Campbell Hampshire 1998-2005 View profile
- Raymond James Joy 1997-2007 View profile
- Dr Brendon Richard O'Neill 1996-1998 View profile
- Colin Archibald Storm 2001 View profile
- John Frederick Hearnden 1994 View profile
- Brian Ford Baldock 1996 View profile
- Jonathan Michael Guttridge 2018-2018 View profile
- Victoria Cooper 2015-2017 View profile
- Claire Elizabeth Matthews 2012-2018 View profile
- Sharon Maria Elizabeth O'Donovan 1998-2001 View profile
- Paul Martin Forster 1997-1998 View profile
- Mark David Peters 1997 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Activities of head offices
- Incorporated
- 01/04/1980
- 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
- Guinness Overseas 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.
95 other companies in this group
- Diageo Distribution Company Limited
- John Walker and Sons Limited
- Otford Estates Limited
- Shaw Wallace Overseas Limited
- Moet Hennessy U.K. Limited
- J & B Scotland Limited
- SC019087
- Cellarers (Wines) Limited
- Diageo Scotland Investment Limited
- SC146992
- United Distillers UK Limited
- The North British Distillery Company Limited
- SC009955
- Justerini & Brooks,Limited
- Diageo CL1 Limited
- Lothian Distillers Limited
- Diageo UK Turkey Limited
- Nicol Anderson & Company Limited
- S & B Production Limited
- Diageo United Kingdom Limited
- DEF Investments Limited
- Diageo (IH) Limited
- Diageo Great Britain Limited
- The Lochnagar Distillery Limited
- Diageo DV Limited
- Anna Seed 83 Limited
- SC110253
- Diageo Global Supply IBC Limited
- Moet Hennessy Services UK Limited
- Grand Metropolitan Limited
- PSP (Sales and Distribution) Limited
- Diageo Treasury Limited
- Grand Metropolitan International Holdings Limited
- UDV (SJ) Limited
- Diageo Pension Trust Limited
- Lochside MWS Limited Partnership
- William Sanderson & SON, Limited
- Diageo Share Ownership Trustees Limited
- Diageo UK Turkey Holdings Limited
- Grandmet Foods (UK) Limited
- Diageo Finance PLC
- Mcdowell & CO. (Scotland) LTD.
- United Distillers Investments Limited
- Diageo Investment Holdings Limited
- Guinness Overseas Limited
- UDV (SJ) Holdings Limited
- Diageo Healthcare Limited
- SC110250
- Grand Metropolitan Holdings Limited
- Diageo Eire Finance & CO
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
- Dorotea Keresztesi Director · appointed 2020
- James Matthew Crayden Edmunds Director · appointed 2018
- Kara Elizabeth Major Director · appointed 2018
Directors past 6 years
- Dorotea Keresztesi Director · appointed 2020
- James Matthew Crayden Edmunds Director · appointed 2018
- Kara Elizabeth Major Director · appointed 2018
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (3)
- Dorotea Keresztesi Director · appointed 2020
- James Matthew Crayden Edmunds Director · appointed 2018
- Kara Elizabeth Major Director · appointed 2018
Left in the last 12 months
- Richard Nagy Director · appointed 2024 · resigned 2025
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.
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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 01488969
- 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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