10 Diageo finance leaders
Massimo Paolo, SVP Finance, CFO EMEA at Diageo, is one of ten Diageo finance leaders listed here, alongside people who hold or have held group controller, FP&A director, regional financial controller and finance director roles at the company. A reader can learn how finance leaders work at Diageo from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Devesh Dutt
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Finance (CFO), Diageo Beer & Premix, North America · Diageo
Vice President Finance (CFO), Diageo Beer & Premix, North America at Diageo since February 2025, listed in London. Former North America, Regional Finance Controller (2022–2025), Finance Director (2019–2022) and Financial Controller and FP&A Lead (2015–2018 and 2018–2019) at Diageo.
Gábor Domoszlai
LinkedInExperience: Finance Director- Supply, International Spirits, Beer and Baileys · Diageo
Finance Director for Supply, International Spirits, Beer and Baileys at Diageo since July 2026, based in the United Kingdom. Former Financial Performance Director - Categories, Global Supply Chain & Procurement (2023–2026), Africa Financial Controllership Director (2021–2023) and Group FP&A Director (2020–2021) at Diageo.
Istvan Szabo
LinkedInExperience: Global FP&A Director · Diageo
Global FP&A Director at Diageo since February 2022, based in Budapest; the role entry describes building a global team of 300+ people covering FP&A in all markets and creating a cash centre of excellence. Istvan Szabo also did freelance management consulting (2020–2022) and was Europe & RCIS Leader (2017–2020), North and Eastern Europe Leader (2015–2017) and North Europe Leader (2013–2015) in Global Operations at GE.
Judit Tóth
LinkedInExperience: FP&A Director Europe and Mena · Diageo
FP&A Director Europe and Mena at Diageo since January 2025 and a member of the Diageo Budapest Executive Committee; the role entry describes partnering the Europe Regional President and Regional Finance Director on performance management. Former Global Lead, Overhead Centre of Excellence in finance transformation at Diageo (2022–2025) and Group Chief Financial Officer at Vanguards (2021–2022).
Justin Heugh
LinkedInExperience: Finance Director, Procurement & Technical · Diageo
Finance Director, Procurement & Technical at Diageo since July 2026; the role entry describes leading financial strategy and business partnering across procurement, technical and sustainability, partnering the Chief Procurement Officer. Former Finance Director, Procurement & Sustainability (2023–2026), Strategic Planning Senior Manager and Associate Director - Transfer Pricing at Diageo.
Massimo Paolo
LinkedInExperience: SVP Finance, CFO EMEA · Diageo
SVP Finance, CFO EMEA at Diageo since March 2024, based in London; the role entry describes regional CFO duties for Europe, Turkey, the Middle East and North Africa at about $5Bn turnover. Former SVP Finance & Corporate Strategy at Diageo (2022–2024) and VP Finance, CFO United States (2018–2022) and VP Finance, CFO Latin America (2015–2018) at GSK.
Mohammad Iqbal
LinkedInExperience: Finance Director, Supply Operations · Diageo
Finance Director, Supply Operations at Diageo since February 2020, based in Carrollton, Texas. Former Finance Director in Ethiopia (2019–2020), Finance Director (2016–2019) and Supply Finance Director (2013–2016) at Diageo, and Finance Director at Coca-Cola HBC (2010–2012).
Richard Nagy
LinkedInExperience: Europe&Corporate&Europe-Supply Regional Financial Controller · Diageo
Regional Financial Controller for Europe, Corporate and Europe Supply at Diageo since May 2024, based in the Budapest area. Former Head of Financial Control - Great Britain (2021–2024), Group Organic, EPS and Segment Reporting Senior Manager (2018–2021) and Statutory Compliance Manager - The Netherlands (2016–2018) at Diageo.
Romain Pastorelli
LinkedInExperience: Regional FP&A, North America, Finance Director · Diageo
Finance Director for Regional FP&A, North America at Diageo since July 2026, based in New York. Former Category Finance Director for Vodka/Rum/Gin/Cordials (2025–2026) and Supply Chain Finance, North America, Finance Director (2022–2024) at Diageo; the profile headline cites brand, commercial, supply chain and FP&A experience across Diageo and P&G.
Sathish Krishnan
LinkedInExperience: Group Head of FP&A & Performance Management | Group Controller · Diageo
Group Head of FP&A & Performance Management | Group Controller at Diageo since August 2026, based in London. Former Global Transformation Director (2025–2026) and CFO - Asia Pacific & Global Travel Retail (2021–2025) at Diageo, and was Board Member at East African Breweries PLC (EABL) (2023–2025) and at Sichuan Swellfun (2021–2025).
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