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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
5 June 2023
Commission File Number: 001-10691
DIAGEO plc
(Translation
of registrant’s name into English)
16 Great Marlborough Street, London, United Kingdom, W1F 7HS
(Address
of principal executive offices)
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reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
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101(b)(7):
Diageo Board Appoints Debra Crew Interim CEO
5 June 2023, London, UK:
Sir Ivan Menezes is currently in hospital receiving treatment for
medical conditions including a stomach ulcer. Over the weekend, we
learned that Ivan's recovery suffered a significant setback due to
complications, which followed emergency surgery on the
ulcer.
As a result of these developments, the Board of Directors has
appointed Debra Crew Interim Chief Executive Officer with immediate
effect, ahead of her appointment as Chief Executive Officer and
joining the Board as an executive director on 1 July 2023. As
previously announced, Ivan will retire from the Board on 30 June
2023.
Our thoughts are with our much-loved colleague, Ivan, and his
family.
Out of respect for Ivan and his family's privacy, we will not be
commenting further at this time.
ENDS
Investor relations:
Durga Doraisamy
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+44 (0) 7902 126906
investor.relations@diageo.com
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Media relations:
Dominic
Redfearn
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+44 (0) 7971 9777 59
press@diageo.com
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About 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, J&B and Buchanan's
whiskies, Smirnoff, Cîroc 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.
Diageo plc LEI: 213800ZVIELEA55JMJ32
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.
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Diageo plc
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(Registrant)
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Date:
05 June 2023
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By:___/s/
James Edmunds
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James Edmunds
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Deputy Company Secretary
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