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 became Senior Independent Director in January 2016.

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 (2010–2014) and Regional Director for Asia Pacific, based in Hong Kong (2004–2010). 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.

External public directorships:

• Non-Executive Chairman of Vivo Energy plc.

Committee membership:
• N
• R

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 Financial, Strategic, Risk and Audit Management, and 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 (2006–2019). Joanne started her career at KPMG (1997–2006), 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.

Ian was appointed as Senior Independent Director in September 2017, having joined the Board as a Non-Executive Director in March 2014.

Skills, competence and experience:

Ian served as Chief Financial Officer of Amec Foster Wheeler plc for nine years. Prior to this, he was Finance Director of Scottish & Newcastle plc and Finance and Strategy Director of the Inntrepreneur Pub Group Ltd. In addition, Ian spent 10 years with Foster’s Brewing Group in a variety of roles. He brings substantial financial expertise, and extensive knowledge and experience of strategy and the beverage and retail industry, to the Board. Ian was a Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Premier Foods plc (2004–2013), the last year of which he was also the Senior Independent Director.

External appointments:

• Chairman of Vitec Group plc.
• Non-Executive Director of Young & Co’s Brewery plc and Chair of the Audit Committee.
• Non-Executive Director of Bellway plc, Chair of the Audit Committee and a member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committees.

Committee membership:
• A
• N
• R

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 of Imperial Brands PLC and Chair of the Remuneration and Succession & Nominations Committees.

Committee membership:
• 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

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

Skills, competence and experience:

Suniti brings over 20 years of experience in strategy, finance and M&A through a career in corporate development and investment banking,  most recently as Director of Corporate Development for Rexam plc, a multinational consumer packaging company. Formerly, Suniti was a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley, focused on UK M&A and the consumer and retail industry. She is currently a partner at Tulchan Communications and advisor to GrowthEnabler, a digital platform providing intelligence on tech start-ups globally to facilitate corporate innovation, and she has previously served as a trustee of Breakthrough Breast Cancer, the leading breast cancer research charity in the UK.

Suniti graduated from Dartmouth College in the USA with a degree in Economics and attended the General Management Program at Harvard Business School.

External directorships:

None

Committee membership:
• A

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 is Chief Executive Officer of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. and led the global Out-of-Home advertising business through a major digital transformation.

William is also a Trustee and Director of Donmar Warehouse Projects Ltd.

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:
• R

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.