Guinness in Cameroon has a history dating back to the 19th century, when European traders first brought stout to the African continent. The traditional Irish alcoholic beverage has since become a firm favourite in a number of African nations, Cameroon among them.

The company became a subsidiary of Diageo in the late 1990s and has continued to sell one of the region’s most popular drinks. The legal department, headed by legal director Sandie Paho Handou, is responsible for handling matters across 22 Central and West African nations, and has been involved in a number of internal company initiatives. Management of the company’s supply chain is a particularly important part of the legal team’s work, and ensuring that the supply chain in managed in an ethically robust way is crucial at a time when greater scrutiny is being applied to this area of global companies’ operations.

The company also has a comprehensive code of ethics and conduct that applies to their operations worldwide, as well as an environmental and sustainability policy that governs their behaviour, which the legal team helps enforce.