Javier Ferrán
Spanish businessman (born 1956)
Francisco Javier Ferrán Larraz (born August 1956) is a Spanish businessman. He was president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Bacardi from 2003 to 2004.2
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Born 1956.1
About
Ferrán has been the chairman of Diageo since January 2017, when Franz Humer retired. His Diageo tenure was renewed in 2023 for three further years and is set to expire in October 2025. Ferrán also chairs British Airways' parent company, International Consolidated Airlines Group.
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Companies
- International Airlines GroupChair Jan 2021 to now9
- DiageoChair Jan 1, 2017 to now10
Early life and education
- Date not recordedUniversity of Barcelona3
- Date not recordedESADE Business School3
- Date not recordedUniversity of Miami3
- Date not recordedESADE3
Ferrán was born in August 1956. He graduated from the University of Barcelona and received a BA and MBA from ESADE, in Barcelona. He later earned an MA in Computer Information Systems from the University of Miami in 1984.
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Career
Occupation: businessperson.7
- Since 2021Chair, International Airlines Group6
- Until 2019Worked at Lion Capital LLP4
- Since 2019Worked at BlackRock4
- Since 2017Chair, Diageo5
- Since 2016Worked at Diageo4
- 2014 to 2017Worked at Desigual4
- Date not recordedWorked at Bacardi4
From 1979 to 1984, he worked for Lloyds TSB, including two years as vice President of the Miami, Florida branch. He joined Martini & Rossi in 1985, where he later served as managing director. He joined Bacardi in 1992, and served as regional president for Europe, Middle East and Africa from 1994. He served as president and CEO from March 2003 to November 2004. During his time at Bacardi, he oversaw the acquisition of Grey Goose vodka.
Since 2019, he has served as an operating partner with BlackRock's private equity fund. He was previously a partner of the London-based private equity firm Lion Capital LLP from 2005 to 2019. He has been a director at SABMiller. He is also on the board of directors of Associated British Foods and Agrolimen.
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Personal life
- CitizenshipSpain8
Links
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- 1WikidataJavier Ferrán on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaJavier Ferrán on Wikipedia
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- 10WikidataDiageo, Chair