Sir Crispin Davis

Sir Crispin Davis

Non-Executive Director

Board director since 28 July 2014

Sir Crispin was formerly the Chief Executive of RELX Group (formerly Reed Elsevier) and the digital agency, Aegis Group plc, and group managing director of Guinness PLC (now Diageo plc). Sir Crispin began his executive career with Procter & Gamble, where he held a variety of senior management roles including as president of the company’s North American Food Business. In his non-executive career, Sir Crispin was the chairman of StarBev Consumer Industries B.V. from 2009 to 2012 and was a non-executive director on the board of GlaxoSmithKline plc from 2003 to 2013, where he chaired the remuneration committee. He was knighted in 2004 for services to publishing and information.

Sir Crispin has a degree in Modern History from Oxford University.

Board Committees

Nominations and Governance Committee