UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
26 September 2016
Commission File Number: 001-10691
DIAGEO plc
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
Lakeside Drive, Park Royal, London NW10 7HQ
(Address of principal executive offices)
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22 September 2016
Change to Diageo Board of Directors
Emma Walmsley joined the Diageo plc Board as a Non-Executive Director on 1 January 2016. It was announced on 20 September 2016 that Emma was appointed GSK CEO Designate. Emma will join the GSK Board of Directors from 1 January 2017 and will be appointed as CEO of GSK on 1 April 2017. Given this appointment, Emma indicated that she wished to stand down from the Diageo Board and was therefore not elected as a Non-Executive Director at Diageo plc's Annual General Meeting in London on 21 September 2016.
For further information
Media relations: | Kirsty King | +44 (0) 208 978 6855 |
global.press.office@diageo.com | ||
Investor relations | Andrew Ryan | +44 (0) 208 978 6504 |
Rohit Vats | +44 (0) 208 978 1064 | |
Pier Falcione | +44 (0) 208 978 4838 | |
investor.relations@diageo.com | ||
About Diageo
Diageo is a global leader in beverage alcohol with an outstanding collection of brands including Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, JeB, Buchanan's and Windsor whiskies, Smirnoff, Cоroc and Ketel One vodkas, Captain Morgan, Baileys, Don Julio, Tanqueray and Guinness.
Diageo is a global company, and our products are sold in more than 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.
Celebrating life, every day, everywhere.
ENDS
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| Diageo plc | |
| (Registrant) | |
| Date: 26 September 2016 | By: /s/Victoria Cooper |
Name: Victoria Cooper | |
| Title: Company Secretariat |