On Thursday 6th August, we hosted our Capital Markets Day. Below you can read our Capital Markets Day press release and watch our on-demand CMD webcast.

Diageo

Capital Markets Day

On Thursday 6th August, Sir Dave Lewis, Chief Executive Officer, and other members of the Executive Leadership Team and Senior Leaders hosted a Capital Markets Day in London, which was also webcast.

The event provided further insight into Diageo's strategy and the progress made in its turnaround, outlining the company's pathway to delivering sustainable long-term value for shareholders.

“This new strategy, executing with a new, more agile, competitive and cost-effective operating model, gives us confidence that we can return Diageo to a business consistently creating value for shareholders. We remain a business with a very strong premiumisation agenda, but by activating our wider portfolio, we will be able to serve more consumers, across a variety of occasions. There is hard work ahead, particularly in North America, where improving performance is a clear priority, but we are confident we can deliver without taking a step back in operating profit.”

Sir Dave Lewis
Chief Executive Officer

Sir Dave Lewis

Setting out Diageo’s investment thesis: a sharper strategy, simpler operating framework and clear actions to restore strong, profitable growth and shareholder value creation.

Sir Dave Lewis
Chief Executive Officer

Hannah Brooks, Chief Strategy Officer

Covers demographic, economic and behavioural forces shaping the global spirits, ready-to-drink and premium beer markets, and sets out outlook for growth by region. ​

Cristina Diezhandino, Chief Marketing Officer

Reminds that premiumisation is integral to our strategies; frames the context for our global category strategies and shares early results on actions taken

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Grainne Wafer, Global Category Director, Guinness

The Guinness growth opportunity and our investments to unlock incremental growth.

John O’Keeffe, President, North America

Details the three-year turnaround plan underway to restore competitiveness in North America.

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Álvaro Cárdenas, ​President, Latin America and Caribbean

Demonstrating how category strategies are already contributing to profitable growth in Latin America and the Caribbean

Ewan Andrew,​ Chief Supply Chain Officer

Optimising capital deployment, disciplined inventory management to deliver improved customer service and returns.

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Nik Jhangiani, Chief Financial Officer

The three-year financial algorithm to drive sustainable value creation, capital allocation and guidance

Sir Dave Lewis, Chief Executive Officer

Aligning our incentive programmes with the investment case and long-term value creation

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Q&A Session

Q&A session with all presenters moderated by Sonya Ghobrial, Global Head of Investor Relations

Relevant Materials​

Presenters & Executive Leadership Team Bios

Contact our Investors Relations team​

You can reach our Investors Relations team at [email protected]

Diageo​

Diageo is a global leader in beverage alcohol with an outstanding collection of brands across spirits and beer categories. These brands include Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, JεB and Buchanan's whiskies, Smirnoff and Ketel One vodkas, Captain Morgan, Baileys, Don Julio, Tanqueray and Guinness.

Diageo is a global company, and our products are sold in nearly 180 countries around the world. The company is listed on both the London Stock Exchange (DGE) and the New York Stock Exchange (DEO). For more information about Diageo, our people, our brands, and performance, visit us at www.diageo.com. Visit Diageo's global responsible drinking resource, www.DRINKiQ.com for information, initiatives, and ways to share best practice.