Mario Leduc
VP Operational Excellence
Diageo
VP Operational Excellence - Diageo North America, Plainfield, Illinois, USA Mario manages a team of subject matter experts developing best practices, establishing standardization, building capabilities, providing technical support and assuring compliance of 5 manufacturing sites, 5 distilleries and 12 sales offices. Since he joined Diageo in 2007, his responsibilities included but not limited to Environment, Health & Safety, Quality, Food Safety, Customer Care, Risk, Data management, Regulatory, Custom & Trade, Security & Manufacturing Excellence for Diageo North America. He also led the Canadian operations and NA distillation before moving in his current role. He previously spent 20 years with Labatt breweries, now ABI, working in various locations across Canada and in the US. He had a variety of roles within the business in packaging & brewing operation, engineering, asset care, EH&S and quality and overall plant operation. He acquired a solid manufacturing experience and expertise in Safety excellence, lean manufacturing, total quality and Continuous improvement with large organizations in the various aspects of a total supply chain. Mario holds a B.S. in Engineering and is also a Brewmaster.