Our leadership

John was appointed Chairman of the Board in September 2017. He joined the Board as a Non-Executive Director in January 2015 and since September 2017 has been Chair of the Nomination Committee.

Skills, competence and experience

John brings strong international and consumer expertise to the Board, having held various executive leadership positions over the course of 20 years at British American Tobacco plc (BAT). His most recent positions at BAT were Chief Operating Officer and Regional Director for Asia Pacific, based in Hong Kong. John is a former Director of Reynolds American Inc., which at the time was a US public company owned 42% by BAT. Prior to his time with BAT, he held various sales and marketing positions with Johnson & Johnson, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Pennwalt Corporation, Schering-Plough and Ferguson plc.

Committee membership:
• N
• R

Ian was appointed as a Non-Executive Director on 1 February 2023.

Skills, competence and experience:

Ian has a background in international finance and commercial management, with experience in the retail, property, hotels and transport sectors. His career includes leadership roles with the retail division of Hanson and Jardine Matheson, Hongkong Land, Dairy Farm International, Thistle Hotels and SeaContainers, and as Finance Director of Liberty International.

Ian is an experienced non-executive director of UK-listed companies, having previously served on the Boards of Westbury, Home Retail Group and Greene King. He was Chair of Capital and Counties Properties plc between 2010 and 2018, and also served as Chair of Greggs plc and DFS plc. Ian is Chair of Warren Partners Ltd, an employee-owned recruitment firm.

Committee membership:
• N

Simon has been Chief Executive Officer since February 2013, having joined Britvic in September 2011 as Managing Director, Great Britain.

Skills, competence and experience:

Simon’s earlier career was with Diageo plc, a global leader in alcoholic beverages. His last role was Managing Director of Diageo Great Britain, having previously run Diageo’s businesses in South Africa, Ireland and Central and Eastern Europe. Prior to this he led various functions and held a variety of international finance director roles in Diageo, IDV and Grand Metropolitan.

Simon was the President of the Incorporated Society of British Advertising from 2015 to 2017.

Simon was born in Zimbabwe and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte in South Africa having gained a Business degree at the University of Cape Town.

External public directorships:

• Non-Executive Director of Persimmon plc and a member of the Audit, Nomination and Remuneration Committees.

Joanne has served as Chief Financial Officer since September 2019. She is responsible for the finance, strategic, risk and internal audit, procurement, IT and master data teams. She has primary responsibility for all financial-related activities including the development of financial and operational strategies, strategic planning, deal analysis and negotiations, and investor relations. Joanne also chairs Britvic’s ESG Committee.

Skills, competence and experience:

Joanne has extensive financial and international experience with a strong background in the retail sector. Prior to joining Britvic, Joanne was Chief Financial Officer at dunnhumby, a global leader in customer data science and part of the Tesco group. Prior to this, she held a variety of financial and commercial roles at Tesco, working internationally as well as in the UK. Joanne started her career at KPMG, where she qualified as a Chartered Accountant and spent three years in Hong Kong.

Joanne studied Economics and Politics at Trinity College Dublin and holds the INSEAD Certificate in Corporate Governance.

External public directorships:

Non-Executive Director of Informa plc and a member of the Audit and Nomination Committees.

Sue was appointed as a Non-Executive Director in February 2016 and since September 2017 has been Chair of the Remuneration Committee.

Skills, competence and experience:

Sue has strong international credentials and has worked in the global FMCG sector for the last 16 years. In her executive career, Sue held the role of Managing Director of SABMiller Europe and was an Executive Committee member of SABMiller plc. She joined SABMiller in 2003 as Corporate Affairs Director and was part of the executive team that built the business into a top FTSE company.

Previously, Sue held a number of senior roles in UK companies, including that of Director of Corporate Affairs for Railtrack Group and Scottish Power plc.

Sue has an MBA from Heriot-Watt University and was a Director on the Board of the Edinburgh Business School from 2017 to 2019. She is also a Non-Executive Director of Tulchan Communications Group Ltd, a leading advisory firm.

External public directorships:

• Non-Executive Director of Mondi plc and a member of the Audit, Nomination and Remuneration Committees.
• Non-Executive Director and Senior Independent Director of Imperial Brands PLC, Chair of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit and Succession & Nominations Committees.
• Non-Executive Director and Senior Independent Director of easyJet plc, and a member of the Audit, Nominations and Safety Committees.

Committee membership:
• N
• R

William was appointed as a Non-Executive Director in November 2017.

Skills, competence and experience:

William has strong international experience in business transformation, expansion, marketing, branding, restructuring and digital innovation. He has run the European divisions of major advertising agencies WPP and Omnicom and is a former partner of McKinsey & Co where he led the firm’s European marketing practice. William also served as a Non-Executive Director of Hays plc from 2004 to 2014.

William was Chief Executive Officer of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. until 31 December 2022 and has since served as Executive Vice Chairman. He led the global Out-of-Home advertising business through a major digital transformation.

William is also the Chair of the Design Council and the Chair of TeamITG.

External public directorships:

• Non-Executive Director and Senior Independent Director of Centaur Media plc and a member of the Remuneration, Audit and Nomination Committees.
• Executive Director of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.

Committee membership:
• A
• N
• R

Emer was appointed as a Non-Executive Director on 1 January 2022.

Skills, competence and experience:

Emer is a qualified accountant who has worked both as an investment banker and as a group CFO. She is currently President, Europe of Kildare Partners, a private equity firm based in London and Dublin, where she is responsible for investment origination in Europe. After qualifying as a chartered accountant with KPMG, she worked in investment banking at Citibank and ABN AMRO in London, and then NCB Stockbrokers in Dublin. In 2005 she joined EBS Building Society in Ireland, becoming its Finance Director in early 2010. In 2012, Emer re-joined NCB Stockbrokers to lead a financial services team in Ireland. She joined Kildare Partners in 2013.

Emer holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from University College Dublin and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland.

External directorships:

None.

Committee membership:
• A
• N

Hounaïda was appointed as a Non-Executive Director on 29 September 2022.

Hounaïda’s executive career has been at Procter and Gamble, where she has held a series of local, regional and global roles over a significant tenure. She has worked across several geographies and consumer sectors, gaining multi-faceted experience in marketing, operational and corporate roles. Most recently she has been Senior Vice President, Skin & Personal Care, Europe, India, Middle East and Africa. She also served, for five years, on the non-profit Advisory Board of the Geneva School of Economics and Management, at the University of Geneva.

In 2017 Hounaïda attended the Business and Sustainability Executive Programme at the University of Cambridge, and was subsequently tasked with driving ESG integration into plans across the business. Hounaïda, who was born in Morocco, has a degree in Marketing and International Trade from the École Supérieure de Commerce de Chambéry and an MBA from Université Pierre Mendès-France.

Committee membership:
• N
• R

Euan was appointed as a Non-Executive Director in February 2016.

Skills, competence and experience:

Euan currently serves as Group Chief Executive Officer of Saga plc. Prior to this, he served as Group Chief Executive Officer of SuperGroup Plc for five years and as Group Chief Executive Officer for the Co-op group of companies. Earlier in his career he was Group Chief Operating Officer at Kingfisher plc, Chief Executive Officer of B&Q and Chief Executive of AS Watson UK, owner of Superdrug. Euan has over 22 years’ experience within the retail and FMCG sectors, having held roles with Boots, Dixons, Coca-Cola and Mars.

Euan has a first class honours degree in Managerial and Administrative Studies from Aston University.

External public directorships:

• Executive Director of Saga plc.

Committee membership:
• A
• N

Clare joined Britvic as General Counsel and Company Secretary in September 2013 and is responsible for the Legal, Company Secretarial and Estates teams across Britvic.

Clare has extensive legal and corporate governance experience over a 20-year career and prior to joining Britvic was a corporate/M&A partner at law firm Addleshaw Goddard LLP, where she had a particular focus on FMCG clients.

Clare holds a degree in Law from the University of Bristol.