Wilson Del Socorro
Global Director of Government Affairs, Diageo

Wilson is the Global Director of Government Affairs at Diageo and leads an international team of policy experts and economists to develop and implement the company’s strategy on public policy, international trade and regulatory affairs around the world. He represents Diageo on a number of external policy groups and committees on Brexit, global trade, and private sector engagement.
Wilson has extensive international experience covering public affairs, communications and sustainability having previously served as Diageo’s Corporate Relations Director for Southeast Asia and as its Asia Pacific International Public Policy Manager. Before joining Diageo, Wilson was with KPMG Australia providing public policy and government relations advisory services to multinational clients across a range of industries. He has degrees in law and economics from the Australian National University and is an alumni of the University of Oxford’s Reputation Academy programme.