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...Paul Walsh, who Menezes succeeded as chief executive in 2013, and who had worked with him since Diageo’s inception, described him as a man who combined intellect and human empathy....
...What did stick with him was Amis’s Paul Doll, a fictionalised version of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss. “There was something about him that got me reading about Höss....
...He was previously with Paul Hastings....
...“It was an execution,” says Johnnie Carson, US ambassador to Kenya at the time of the operation. “Gas didn’t kill him. He had been assassinated.”...
...Job moves Rachel Whetstone, vice-president of communications for Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger at Facebook, is leaving the company to join Netflix to run global communications....
...The guest list includes Emma Walmsley, who runs GlaxoSmithKline; Steve Varley, EY Chairman and Managing Partner for the UK and Ireland; Richard Gnodde, chief executive of Goldman Sachs International; and Paul...
...There was a contrast with his employer at the time, Diageo, the world’s biggest distiller and owner of global brands like Johnnie Walker scotch and Smirnoff vodka....
...So how to become a Jean-Paul Sartre or Gandhi? Strong clues as to the attributes required are provided in a recent report titled Winning Attitudes by Amanda Potter of Zircon Management Consultants....
...Still, Paul Polman, chief executive, described it as good performance “despite severe economic disruptions, particularly in India and Brazil”....
...Paul Walsh, the former chief executive of drinks maker Diageo, has become chairman of Chime Communications, the marketing and PR group whose businesses include CSM, the athlete management company chaired...
...But there was no such relief for Diageo, the Johnnie Walker scotch and Smirnoff vodka group, where North American demand grew less strongly than expected, adding to emerging market woes intensified this...
...He points to a mounting backlash against hipster-appropriated messages, such as the merciless spoof by film-maker Paul Riccio of a fictional duo behind a “bespoke” water brand....
...Ivan Menezes, the low-key replacement for Paul Walsh, has been hampered by tough markets....
...Chief executive Ivan Menezes has therefore inherited a tough assignment from expansionary predecessor Paul Walsh....
...In September, Johnnie Walker was announced as a global F1 partner....
...The maker of Johnnie Walker whisky, Smirnoff vodka and Guinness stout on Thursday reported a 9 per cent drop in sales to £10.3bn, mainly due to the adverse effect of weaker currencies – the organic increase...
...The ambition is to overtake Diageo, producer of Johnnie Walker scotch and Smirnoff vodka, as the world’s largest drinks group by sales....
...Its £1.1bn tender offer would take its stake from 29 per cent to 55 per cent, but at a cost to make a Mumbai producer weep into his Johnnie Walker....
...Paul Walsh, chief executive until Mr Menezes took over last July, made a number of acquisitions in his 12 years at the helm....
...But the challenge to drive returns from the £4bn of investments made in emerging markets by his predecessor, Paul Walsh, remains. Analysts say some of the problems have been self-inflicted....
...Mr Menezes, the Indian-born head, is suffering from a hangover induced, in part, by a number of acquisitions made by his predecessor, Paul Walsh....
...“I grew up with Hong Kong films from middle school,” he says, fondly recalling the “comedies, gangster movies and love stuff” made by directors such as Johnnie To and Stephen Chao....
...Diageo, the maker of Smirnoff vodka and Johnnie Walker whisky, confirmed on Tuesday that Mr Menezes would take over as chief executive in June 2014 following Paul Walsh’s retirement....
...“I’m pleased to welcome Paul to the board,” said Sir Ian Robinson, a senior independent director at Compass....
...Paul Walsh, chief executive, told the Financial Times, however, that the company now plans to launch its own tequila – much as it did with Cîroc vodka....
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