- Shifting to a ‘one business’ mindset for a true demand-supply integration
- Building resiliency and agility across supply networks should be a priority for organizations
- Embedding sustainability is a priority to building resiliency
- Discussing learnings from Diageo’s transformational journey and approach to drive value across its end-to-end supply chain
Marsha McIntosh
President of North America Supply
Diageo North America
Marsha McIntosh-Hamilton is the President of North America Supply at Diageo, a global leader in beverage alcohol. Diageo has an outstanding collection of more than 200 brands, including Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, Bulleit, Smirnoff, Cîroc, Ketel One, Captain Morgan, Baileys, Don Julio, Tanqueray and Guinness.
Marsha previously served as SVP of Supply Strategy Planning & Logistics, developing and leading the end-to-end supply chain strategy planning and coordination team across North America. Prior to this role, under her leadership, the North America Supply and Procurement team delivered significant levels of productivity and average working capital improvement.
She was also responsible for establishing Diageo’s Supplier Diversity program in North America and globally, which has contributed to significantly increasing NAM’s vendor diversity.
Marsha joined Diageo in 1999 and has since held roles with increasing responsibility across operations, logistics, procurement, and planning. She is currently based at the company’s Plainfield, Illinois site, Diageo’s only location in the world that houses both a technical center and a full, state-of-the-art production facility.
With over two decades of broad Supply Chain experience, she is known to be a thoughtful, ambitious and passionate leader, with the ability of building highly engaged and high performing teams.
As a senior leader in the organization, she is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where every individual feels valued for their unique contribution. Marsha also works across several leadership and development programs as a faculty member to mentor and develop leaders for the future.
Marsha received a B.S. from the University of Maryland, College Park, and a M.B.A. from Loyola School of Management.
Marsha grew up in Kingston Jamaica, loves travelling and is a diehard Maryland Terrapin fan. She lives in Naperville, Illinois with her three boys ages 18, 15 and 12 who keep her busy playing football and basketball.
