Helen Gourdin
Senior Counsel, Global Compliance, Diageo
Helen joined Diageo in 2002 and is Diageo’s global subject matter expert in anti-bribery and corruption, anti-money laundering and data privacy and owns these global policies and programmes. Helen is the group privacy officer and a member of the group Information Security Steering Committee and Digital Governance Leadership Team. Helen supports the Global Risk & Compliance and Global Audit & Risk teams as well as any global investigations.
Helen started her career at Clifford Chance, focusing primarily on commercial matters, then joined Diageo as New Business Ventures Counsel before taking on the role of Senior Counsel, Corporate Centre. Helen holds a first class honours joint degree in French and Law from Surrey University in Guildford, which included study at Lyons University and a work placement with Electricité de France in Paris.