Guinness Nigeria Plc, on Monday announced the appointment of Mark Sandys to its Board as a Non-Executive Director effective 30th August 2017.

Sandys, a long-serving executive of Diageo Plc with over 20 years’ experience has an MA degree in English and French from Balliol College, Oxford University in 1996.

In the over 19 years he has been with Diageo, he has served as a Senior Marketing Executive in different capacities including as Global Marketing Strategy & Innovation Director Baileys, Marketing & Innovation Director, Diageo Russia & Eastern Europe (based in Moscow), Category Director, Whiskey & Reserve, Asia Pacific.

He is currently the Global Head of Beer, Baileys & Smirnoff for Diageo and resides in Ireland.