Date of birth: 16 November 1963 Nationality: British
Sean O’Neill joined Heineken N.V. as Communication Director in mid 2004 and was appointed Group Corporate Relations Director for Heineken N.V. in April 2005. In this role, he has overall responsibility for the Company’s Communication, Corporate Affairs and Corporate Social Responsibility agendas.
Before joining Heineken, Sean spent eight years in senior roles within the alcoholic drinks sector, first as Communication Director for Guinness and then, following the merger of Guinness and UDV, as Brand and Market Communication Director for Diageo.
This followed nearly seven years with Burson-Marsteller, one of the world’s leading communication consultancies where his roles included Associate Director in the UK business, communication Project Director for the Russian privatisation programme based in St Petersburg, General Manager of the Company’s Middle-East business based in Cairo, and Marketing and Corporate Communication Director based in the company’s Australian operation.
Education
Degree in Modern European History from the University of London (1985)