New CEO’s tough task after Crew carried the can for Diageo's woes

Challenges await at the world’s top spirits maker

Former Diageo CEO Debra Crew with Tánaiste Simon Harris, discussing a €100m plan to decarbonise Guinness’s St James’s Gate site. Guinness has been a star performer during troubled times for Diageo.

Guinness owner Diageo's new interim chief executive Nik Jhangiani has charmed investors with his cool confidence and clear communication, in contrast to his predecessor Debra Crew who struggled to win over the company's shareholders during her short term.

But whoever takes on the full-time leadership of the world's top spirits maker will inherit challenges that will take more than words to address.