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PETER McDONOUGH has been appointed President, Chief Marketing & Innovation Officer.  Previously he was President, North America-Innovation.  In conjunction with this appointment, Diageo will be combining the Marketing and Innovation teams to ensure the company is best organized to deliver top-line growth ambitions.  Prior to joining Diageo three years ago,... Read More

Juan Furné has been named President of Freixenet Atlantic, a division of Freixenet Group focused on global markets.  In his new role, Furné will expand the distribution of Freixenet Group brands around the world.  Furné has worked at the company since 1984; most recently, since 2OO1, he held the position... Read More

Jonas Renner Tahlin has been named Vice President of Marketing-Vodkas.  Renner Tahlin was previously Regional Vice President/Commercial Director-Americas for The Absolut Company.  In his new role he will be responsible for further enhancing Absolut’s marketing strategy and translating that strategy into execution.  In 2OO6, he was recruited to head up... Read More

AUGUST SEBASTIANI has been named President of the Sonoma-based division of Don Sebastiani & Sons which was spun off as an independent wine company, effective January 1.  Previously, Sebastiani was Managing Director of the unit.  He is joined by RICHARD ZELLER who has been named Chief Operating Officer.  Zeller has... Read More

MINDY MACKENZIE has been appointed as Senior Vice President of Human Resources.  Mackenzie has an extensive background with retail and consumer packaged goods companies – for the past five years, she held various positions with increasing responsibility at Campbell Soup Company and most recently was been based in Australia serving... Read More

Rob Hutchins has been hired as American Whiskey Brand Ambassador, supporting the sales and marketing efforts of the company’s portfolio of specialty whiskey brands.  He will be responsible for the development and implementation of a fully integrated national program to continue to enhance the profile of the company’s specialty American... Read More

Tom Burnet has been appointed as President.  With the aim to increase and reinforce the growth of the business in the US, Burnet will provide strategic direction and management over the entire operations, including Freixenet USA and Gloria Ferrer Caves & Vineyards.  Burnet comes with over 25 years of executive... Read More

RICHARD DOYLE, the co-founder of Harpoon Brewery and Chairman of the Brewers Association, has been elected to the Board of the Beer Institute.  DOLF VAN DEN BRINK, President of Heineken USA, has also been elected to the Board.  Doyle succeeds Brooklyn Brewery founder, STEVE HINDY, who was the first small... Read More

Dolf van den Brink has been named the new President and CEO of Heineken USA.  Previously, he was the Commercial Director and Deputy General Manager of Bralima, Heineken’s operating company in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

R. Scott Green has been appointed as Senior Vice President Marketing & Sales-North America.  Green’s expanded role places him in charge of the entire suite of Marnier-Lapostolle products, including Grand Marnier, Navan Natural Vanilla Liqueur as well as the Lapostolle and Chateau de Sancerre wine brands. Mr. Green’s responsibilities encompass... Read More