Diageo: Video Interview with CEO Paul Walsh

Diageo Momentum Driven by Premium Drinks Division


LONDON, Feb. 21, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- Diageo (NYSE:DEO):

Indepth interview available now on http://www.cantos.com, with Paul Walsh, chief executive officer, Diageo.

Log on to watch him talk through a momentous past six months at Diageo, including the following:


 -- Performance and strategic development: Seagram; Burger King 
    separation; Cuervo settlement & Malibu auction
 
 -- Premium drinks: strong growth; huge potential for RTD's; 
    performance of Category Management Brands
 
 -- Geographies: reversing the decline of Guinness in Ireland; 
    Seagrams and scaling up in profitable North American market  
 
 -- Marketing: benefits of media deflation; quantitative measurement
    techniques
 
 -- Industry leadership:  strong leadership position, scaling up, 
    social responsibility around alcohol

This interview is available in video, audio and transcript.

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