Nick Rose has scooped £1.5m for his financial stewardship of Diageo.

In its annual report, the drinks giant disclosed that Rose's base salary and bonus contributed to a pay packet of £1.5m.

Rose has been in the financial driving seat of the booming corporate, which owns well-known brands such as Guinness, Bailey's and Smirnoff since 1 July 1999. This year Diageo made net sales of almost £7.5bn.

On paper, his windfall was beefed up further by long-term incentive plan gains of almost £1.3m. The FTSE 100 giant's accounts showed that £795,000 of share options granted to Rose in 2004 vested this year, in addition to him exercising options on £481,000 of shares.

Further reading:

Sports Direct's FD enjoys mega-bonus