Career
Humer is currently chairman of Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche and Chairman of Diageo plc, a British multinational alcoholic beverages company, the world"s largest producer of spirits and a major producer of beer and wine. Humer was chairman of Reed Elsevier from July 2008 to September 2010, when he was succeeded by Anthony Habgood. Humer is also chairman of the board of directors at the European Institute of Business Administration (Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires) school of business.