Former Bacardi President Ferrán To Become Diageo Chairman

Diageo has announced that Javier Ferrán will be appointed to its board as “chairman designate,” and will become chairman of the company on January 1, 2017, when current chairman Franz Humer retires. Ferrán is a partner at Lion Capital, having been a founding partner since 2005. Prior to that he spent over 10 years at Bacardi, and served as president and CEO from 2003-2004.

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