Natalia Celani

Natalia is the former Marketing and Innovation Director for Diageo South Africa, where she led marketing strategy across a portfolio including Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, Gordon’s, Captain Morgan and Don Julio.

Over more than seven years at Diageo, she served as Marketing and Innovation Director across South Africa, Ethiopia, and Partner & Emerging Markets, following earlier leadership positions at SABMiller across Africa and Europe. Her career spans more than two decades in FMCG, working across some of the continent’s most recognised beer and spirits brands.