Appointment

Diageo PLC
19 December 2001


19 December 2001

LORD HOLLICK TO JOIN THE DIAGEO BOARD

Diageo plc announced today that Lord Hollick is to join the board with
immediate effect. Lord Hollick is Chief Executive of United Business Media and
a member of the House of Lords. His appointment brings to seven the number of
Diageo's non-executive directors.

Announcing the appointment James Blyth said:

'Clive Hollick brings us a wealth of international business and management
experience. We are delighted to welcome him to the Diageo Board.'

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Notes to editor:

1. The Diageo Board is chaired by Lord Blyth. Other non-executive members are:

Rodney Chase, Maria Lilja, Keith Oates, William Shanahan and Sir Robert
Wilson. Executive members of the board are Paul Walsh, Group Chief Executive
and Nick Rose, Group Finance Director.

2. Clive Hollick is chief executive of United Business Media plc, an
international business information group with major US businesses in the
publishing, news distribution and market research industries.


Clive Hollick, 56, was educated at Taunton School, Southampton and the
University of Nottingham.


He joined Hambros Bank Limited in 1967 and in 1973 was appointed the youngest
director of the bank. The following year he was seconded to Vavasseur, a
victim of 1974 secondary banking crisis, as Managing Director.


He completed the rescue in 1978 and started the development of MAI, as
Vavasseur was subsequently renamed. MAI developed as a media and financial
services group and in March 1996 merged with United News and Media plc. Clive
Hollick is today the chief executive of the merged group, which has become an
international business information group with market leading positions in the
US technology and healthcare publishing, news distribution and pharmaceutical,
media and automotive market research. United's extensive television and
consumer publishing markets were sold in 2000 for £2.4 billion and its money
and securities broking business was demerged in 1998.


In 1988 he founded, and remains a trustee of the Institute for Public Policy
Research. In 1995 he established and became a member of the Commission on
Public Policy and British Business. In 1997 he was appointed a Governor of The
London School of Economics and Political Science. He was appointed a
non-executive director of TRW Inc in February 2000. He has been a
non-executive director of Hambros Bank, Logica plc and British Aerospace plc.
He was a Special Adviser to the President of the Board of Trade and the
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry from May 1997 to September 1998 and
has been an advisor to successive leaders of the Labour Party since 1987. He
has established and is a leading member of the cross party and business group
'Britain in Europe' which is campaigning for the UK's adoption of the Euro. He
was a director of the Department of Applied Economics at Cambridge from 1988
to 1995 and a Member of the House of Lords Committee on Science and Technology
1995/96.


Clive Hollick was created a life Peer in June 1991. He is married with three
daughters.


3. Diageo is the world's leading premium drinks business.  Formed in December
1997 by the merger of GrandMet and Guinness, Diageo has an unrivalled
portfolio of brands including Smirnoff, Johnnie Walker, Tanqueray, Guinness, J
&B, Baileys, and Cuervo.

In a strategic move to drive organic growth, Diageo has realigned behind
premium drinks, exiting food. Diageo completed its sale of Pillsbury to
General Mills on 31 October 2001 and in June 2000 announced its intent to
separate its Burger King business.

Diageo is a global company, trading in over 180 markets around the world. The
company is listed both on the London Stock Exchange (DGE) and on the New York
Stock Exchange (DEO).  For more information about Diageo, its brands, people
and performance, visit us at www.diageo.com.