Comment - Diageo CEO Paul Walsh Fires Another Tax Salvo
By Chris Mercer | 24 October 2011
Diageo's CEO, Paul Walsh, has again been heard to criticise UK Government tax policy for driving the company's top people abroad, but global drinks market trends look just as culpable.
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Diageo's CEO, Paul Walsh, has again been heard to criticise UK Government tax policy for driving the company's top people abroad, but global drinks market trends look just as culpable.

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