Joan Hodgins is Diageo Europe and Turkey HR Director with over 15 years’ experience with Diageo.
A Chartered Occupational Psychologist, she worked for 10 years prior to joining Diageo, including 6 years with Pearn Kandola, consulting with a range of companies, in the areas of Assessment, Development and Diversity. Attracted by the people she met there, the iconic brands and the level of performance ambition, she joined Diageo Ireland in 2002 where she worked for 4 years, prior to taking up a Diageo Global Strategic HR role as Leadership Development Director from 2006 – 2010.
During this time, Joan was involved in designing and implementing a flagship intervention, Diageo Leadership Performance Programme (DLPP), which was rolled out across Diageo globally with the top 1000 leaders across the business participating over a 10 year period.