Drinks company Diageo said today that Swiss drugmaker Roche chief executive Franz Humer would succeed James Blyth as chairman from July 1st, 2008.
Roche said Mr Humer would step down as head of the Swiss pharmaceutical group in March 2008.
The British maker of Smirnoff vodka, Johnnie Walker whisky and Guinness said in June the upturn in sales growth in early 2007 would mean the group's underlying sales for its year to end-June would rise more than 6 per cent in its first half.
