Ten years ago, SABMiller – then South African Breweries – was taking its first tentative steps outside South Africa, where it had been a public company since 1897. In July 2002, when it completed its $5.6bn (E5.7bn) acquisition of Miller Brewing in the US, SAB became SABMiller – and the second largest brewer in the world.

Malcolm Wyman, SABMiller's CFO, who has been with the company since 1986 and has played a pivotal role in its transformation, says: "It's a defining deal for us, because it's turned us from a pure emerging markets brewer into a balanced global brewer."