Our leadership

Ian was appointed as a Non-Executive Director on 1 February 2023 and since June 2023 has been as Non-Executive Chair and Chair of the Nomination Committee.

Skills, competence and experience:

Ian has a background in international finance and commercial management, with experience in the retail, property, hotels and transport sectors. His executive career included leadership roles with the retail division of Hanson and Jardine Matheson, Hongkong Land, Dairy Farm International, Thistle Hotels and SeaContainers, and being Finance Director of Liberty International.

Ian is an experienced non-executive director of UK-listed companies, having previously served on the boards of Westbury, Home Retail Group and Greene King. He was Chair of Capital and Counties Properties plc between 2010 and 2018, and served as Chair of Greggs plc and DFS plc.

External public directorships:

None.

Committee membership:
• N

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 a Non-Executive Director at Persimmon plc from 2017 to 2023.

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:

None.

Rebecca has served as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) since September 2023, and also chairs Britvic's ESG Committee. She is responsible for the finance, strategy, risk and internal audit, procurement and corporate affairs 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. 

Skills, competence and experience:

Rebecca is an experienced finance leader, having joined Britvic from British Airways where she was CFO and an Executive Director from 2019. In addition to her financial acumen, Rebecca has a wealth of commercial, regulatory and international experience. She has also driven successful business transformation programmes and was instrumental in leading British Airways through the global pandemic. During Rebecca’s 17-year career at British Airways she held a variety of finance roles, as well as serving on the boards of the IAG Cargo and IAG Loyalty businesses. 

Rebecca is a Chartered Accountant, having started her career with Deloitte. She has a first class honours degree in Management Studies from the University of Leeds. 

External public directorships:

None.

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 was Chief Executive Officer of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. from 2009. He retired in December 2022 having led the global out-of-home advertising business through a major digital transformation.

William is also the Chair of the Design Council and the Chair of TeamITG.

External public directorships:

• Non-Executive Director and Senior Independent Director of Centaur Media plc and a member of the Remuneration, Audit and Nomination Committees.

Committee membership:
• A
• N
• R

Emer was appointed as a Non-Executive Director in January 2022 and since May 2022 has been Chair of the Audit Committee.

Skills, competence and experience:

Emer is a qualified accountant who has worked both as an investment banker and as a group CFO. She is currently President, Europe of Kildare Partners, a private equity firm based in London and Dublin, where she is responsible for investment origination in Europe. After qualifying as a chartered accountant with KPMG, she worked in investment banking at Citibank and ABN AMRO in London, and then NCB Stockbrokers in Dublin. In 2005 she joined EBS Building Society in Ireland, becoming its Finance Director in early 2010. In 2012, Emer rejoined NCB Stockbrokers to lead a financial services team in Ireland. She joined Kildare Partners in 2013.

Emer was a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee at C&C Group plc from 2014 to 2023.

Emer holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from University College Dublin and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland.

External public directorships:

• Non-Executive Director of Glenveagh plc and a member of the Remuneration and Audit and Risk Committees

Committee membership:
• A
• N

Georgina was appointed as a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee in January 2024.

Skills, competence and experience:

Georgina has many years of experience in advertising and media and delivering successful transformational change, having been Managing Director, Regionals at Trinity Mirror Group, Managing Director at Wallpaper Group, and Managing Director at IPC Advertising. After stepping down from her executive career in newspapers, Georgina has built a successful career as a non-executive director, with a particular focus on remuneration committee chair roles, transferring her skills across a wide range of sectors and situations.

As a senior board member, she currently serves on one Board – Capita – and has previously served on the Boards of Superdry plc, McColl’s Retail Group plc, Big Yellow Group plc, and William Hill – all as Chair of the Remuneration Committee.

External public directorships:

• Non-Executive Director and Senior Independent Director of Capita plc, Chair of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the ESG, Audit & Risk and Nomination Committees

• Non-Executive Director of M&C Saatchi plc and a member of the Remuneration, Audit & Risk and Nomination Committees

Committee membership:
• A
• N
• R

Romeo was appointed as a Non-Executive Director on 27 March 2024.

Skills, competence, and experience:

Romeo is currently the Chief Executive Officer, Americas for Inchcape, the automotive retail and distribution business, based out of Santiago.

Romeo has many years of extensive commercial experience in the FMCG sector, having started his career at Unilever before moving to Mondelez. He has led multi-country businesses of scale across Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa. He has extensive knowledge of commercial strategy, brand building and experience running supply chain as a general manager.

Romeo, who is a Brazilian national, has a degree in Business Administration from the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul and an MBA from Universidade de Sao Paulo-USP, Brazil.

Committee membership:
• N
• R

Hounaïda was appointed as a Non-Executive Director on 29 September 2022.

Skills, competence and experience:

Hounaïda’s executive career has been at Procter and Gamble, where she has held a series of local, regional and global roles over a significant tenure. She has worked across several geographies and consumer sectors, gaining multi-faceted experience in marketing, operational and corporate roles. Most recently she has been Senior Vice President, Skin & Personal Care, Europe, India, Middle East and Africa. She also served, for five years, on the non-profit Advisory Board of the Geneva School of Economics and Management, at the University of Geneva.

In 2017 Hounaïda attended the Business and Sustainability Executive Programme at the University of Cambridge and was subsequently tasked with driving ESG integration into plans across the business.

Hounaïda, who was born in Morocco, has a degree in Marketing and International Trade from the École Supérieure de Commerce de Chambéry and an MBA from Université Pierre Mendès-France.

External public directorships:

• Non-Executive Director of B&M European Value Retail S.A., Chair of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Nomination Committee.

Committee membership:
• N
• R

Mollie is the General Counsel and Company Secretary and is responsible for the legal and regulatory, company secretarial, estates and QSE teams across Britvic.

Skills, competence and experience:

Mollie joined Britvic in 2023 from Ocado Group plc, where she was the Deputy General Counsel responsible for its legal team. Prior to Ocado, Mollie was Group General Counsel and Company Secretary of DWF Group plc (the largest listed global law firm). Mollie also previously worked for Suntory Beverage and Food, where she was the Director of Business Development for EMEA and prior to that General Counsel of its Great Britain and Ireland business unit.

Mollie trained and qualified at Slaughter and May and spent a number of years working in US law firms as a corporate lawyer focussing on M&A and equity capital markets.

Mollie holds an MA in Classics from Cambridge University and postgraduate diplomas in law and legal practice from the University of Law.