COMPANY

Brand names or companies controlled include Alpo Petfoods, Burger King, Friskies, Green Giant, Häagen-Dazs, Heublein, IDV, Liggett Group, and Pillsbury.

In 1997 Grand Metropolitan merged with Guinness to form Diageo. Many of its brands have since been divested -- Pillsbury to General Mills in 2000, and Burger King to Texas Pacific Group in 2002. Diageo is now entirely a beverage company.

Industry:
Food

Ticker:
(defunct)

Corporate headquarters:
London, England

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
David B. Rickard	Business	c. 1957		CFO of CVS Caremark
Richard E. Rivera	Business	c. 1946		President of Darden Restaurants, 2001-04
Nick Rose	Business	Oct-1957		CFO of Diageo
Paul S. Walsh	Business	15-May-1955		CEO of Diageo
W. Christopher Wellborn	Business	c. 1955		COO of Mohawk Industries

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John Harvey-Jones	Business	16-Apr-1924	9-Jan-2008	Chairman of ICI, 1982-87
Paul S. Walsh	Business	15-May-1955		CEO of Diageo

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jose Armario	Business	c. 1959		President, McDonalds Canada & Latin America
Debra J. Kelly-Ennis	Business	c. 1957		Chief Marketing Officer, Diageo NA

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