MORRISON BOWMORE DISTILLERS
MORRISON BOWMORE DISTILLERS – RACHEL BARRIE has been appointed to the newly created position of Master Blender for the Scottish distiller. Barrie will also head up the company’s Spirit Quality Control and laboratory functions. She’ll join Morrison Bowmore’s Operational Senior Executive Group. Barrie worked for many years in a similar... Read More
HEAVEN HILL DISTILLERIES
HEAVEN HILL DISTILLERIES – DEBBIE MORRIS has been elected Vice President. Prior to her new position, she was Director of Human Resources. Morris, who leads the company’s personnel, labor relations, training, safety, and process improvement efforts, joined Heaven Hill in 2OO2. Under her watch, the company has instituted numerous strategic... Read More
PERNOD RICARD USA
– STEVE GORDON has been promoted to State Manager for Massachusetts for the newly created New England Business Unit of the drinks company.
ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV
– Dave Peacock has resigned as president from Anheuser-Busch InBev. The move is viewed as one of the final steps of the brewery’s transition to new ownership. Peacock plans to remain an adviser to the company but wants to do something else while he’s still young enough to do so. ... Read More
HEINEKEN USA
STACEY M. TANK has been named Senior Vice President of Corporate Relations. She joins the company from General Electric, where she most recently led corporate relations for “Healthymagination” – GE’s $6 billion commitment to bringing better health to more people. Additionally she led the launch of a $1 billion global... Read More
Lucas Bols USA
STEFANIE MELCHERT has been appointed as State Manager for New England. She has over 13 years of beverage industry experience, most recently as On-Premise Manager for Massachusetts with Brown-Forman. Previously, she held positions with Brown-Forman in Wisconsin and with General Beverage Sales Company.
BULLDOG GIN
Glenn P. Henry has been named National Sales Manager. He was previously National Sales Manager at Mediterranean Vintner’s Alliance. With more than 3O years in the industry, Henry began his career with Wine & Spirits International before moving to Remy USA as District Manager and then as Regional Manager. Following... Read More
TEQUILA AVIÓN
SAM SPENCER has been hired as Vice President of Marketing. Before joining Avión, Spencer was with consumer products company Unilever, where he served in various strategic marketing capacities for nine years.
HEINEKEN USA
CATHERINE VIEIRA has been appointed Senior Director, Trade Marketing Activation. She will work with the Trade Marketing, Field Sales and Category Management teams to develop the overall channel and customer strategy and standards that support annual brand plans and ensure delivery of the company objectives. She will also team with... Read More
Rémy Cointreau USA
MARK BREENE has been appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer. He replaces Philippe Roederer, who was Senior Vice President of Marketing. Roederer is now the Senior Vice President for Channel Development. In this position, Breene will lead the marketing and branding efforts of the company’s heritage brands... Read More