Lavanya Chandrashekar has been appointed as CFO, Diageo

Lavanya Chandrashekar, Chief Financial Officer, Diageo North America, and Global Head of Investor Relations, has been  appointed as Chief Financial Officer, Diageo, effective from 1st July 2021.She will replace Kathryn Mikells, who will leave the company at the end of June 2021 and will return to the US after almost six years in the role of Chief Financial Officer, Diageo plc.

Lavanya joined Diageo in July 2018 as Chief Financial Officer, Diageo North America. In this role, she has partnered to drive the acceleration of growth in Diageo’s North American business and, subsequently, has taken on accountability for investor relations globally.

Previously Lavanya spent four and a half years at Mondelēz International, in various senior finance positions in North America, Eastern Europe, Middle-East and Africa. Prior to her tenure with Mondelēz International, Lavanya spent 18 years at Procter & Gamble in senior finance positions in India, Asia, Europe and North America.