About

A well-known and highly respected corporate counsel, David Johnston has held senior legal roles across a variety of industries. As group company secretary, he provides broad compliance and legal support to Ireland’s iconic beverages business C&C, whose product portfolio includes Magners cider. As well as managing the national business, Johnston supports sales, marketing and distribution worldwide. Having spent nearly eight years with Paddy Power, including a two-year stint as GC, he began his in-house career as O2 Ireland’s chief legal counsel, after four years in private practice with McCann Fitzgerald.