Ivan Menezes, CEO, Diageo
Since becoming the CEO of Diageo (DGE.L) in 2013, Ivan has been passionate about driving inclusion and diversity at the company.
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In 2020 he launched a new 10-year sustainability action plan titled ‘Society 2030: Spirit of Progress’.
The plan laid out goals including increasing the representation of ethnic minorities in leadership positions to 45% by 2030, as well as increasing the percentage of Diageo suppliers from female and minority-owned businesses year-on-year.
2020 also saw the roll-out of a new learning intervention ‘Confronting Racial Bias Learning’, and the opening of Diageo’s fourth global ‘INC’ week; an employee-led, grassroots movement encouraging employees around the world to celebrate diversity.
Linklaters elects first female senior partner in its history
11 May 2021
Linklaters elects first female senior partner in its history
Corporate partner Aedamar Comiskey becomes only the second woman to lead a Magic Circle UK firm
Aedamar Comiskey Image courtesy of Linklaters Linklaters has elected the global head of its corporate practice, Aedamar Comiskey, as its new senior partner, the firm’s first female senior partner in its almost 200-year history. London-based Comiskey will start her five-year term at the start of July, replacing Charlie Jacobs, who is leaving the firm to join JPMorgan as co-head of UK investment banking. Comiskey has been at Linklaters for the best part of three decades, becoming partner in 2001.
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Linklaters names New York-based antitrust partner as new US global practice head
06 April 2021
Thomas McGrath replaces the Diageo-bound Tom Shropshire with immediate effect
Thomas McGrath Linklaters has named competition lawyer Thomas McGrath as its new US global practice head, replacing Tom Shropshire who is leaving the firm after more than two decades to become general counsel at drinks giant Diageo. McGrath begins his four-year term immediately, and will be responsible for spearheading the magic circle firm’s US growth and to help enhance its global cross-border capabilities. He also becomes a member of the firm’s executive committee. Gideon Moore, Linklaters’ managing partner, said: “I know [McGrath] will do a great job ensuring we continue to build and retain a best-in-class global US practice.”