1Ewan Andrew

Diageo

President, Global Supply and Procurement & Chief Sustainability Officer

Ewan Andrew was appointed President, Global Supply and Procurement & Chief Sustainability Officer in September 2019. Accountable for delivering Supply Excellence in Diageo North America (US and Canada), he is responsible for the safe and efficient operations of the entire distillation, maturing product, bottling and packaging footprint.

Ewan Andrew has been with Diageo for more than 25 years. Having risen through the ranks, he knows how to deliver a world-class supply chain for the global producer of 200 premium and luxury brands, such as Guinness, Smirnoff and Johnnie Walker, with 28,000 employees across 132 sites in 180 countries. Ewan was appointed President, Global Supply Chain & Procurement in September 2019. In this role, he leads the team ensuring the company’s complex and modern supply chain operations work to the highest standards. Prior to this, he was Supply Chain Director, International Supply Centre, with responsibility for the global end-to-end value chain, and previously held various senior supply chain leadership roles around the world. Ewan is also Chief Sustainability Officer.

Diageo has ambitious commitments through its ten-year ESG action plan which will help create a more inclusive and sustainable world. An integral part of this plan is pioneering grain-to-glass sustainability focused on three areas: preserving water for life, accelerating to a low-carbon world, and becoming sustainable by design. In an interview in Supply Chain Movement earlier this year, he was asked what the COVID-19 pandemic meant for Diageo. Ewan responded: “While some other companies were pulling back on investments and production, we made some bold ambitious calls to focus on winning market share and growing our busi- ness. As supply chain leader during the pandemic, there was great recognition that an agile, resilient and efficient supply chain was critical to growth and the business did everything it needed to support this. As a result, we were able to drive our supply chain strategies forward, accelerate our progress in enabling sales growth, improve margins and emerge stronger.”