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Jim Evans, a 17-year industry veteran who most recently served as Sales Vice President of the company’s Central Division, has been promoted to the national role of Senior Vice President, Sales. He will join the company’s Executive Committee based at thier headquarters in Purchase, New York. In addition to directly... Read More

The US unit of the Australian company announced that John Collins has been re-appointed as Vice President-Business Process & Information Technology for Foster’s Americas regional business. His re-appointment follows an 18-month developmental stint as Vice President-Imports Marketing. Don Henderson, who has 18 years of industry experience, and joined the company... Read More

Jimmy Bedford, only the sixth Master Distiller in the history of the distillery, announced that he is retiring effective March 31. “This year marks my 4Oth with the Jack Daniel Distillery and my 2Oth year as the master distiller,” said Bedford. “And it seemed like a good time to make... Read More

John Glover has joined the company as Senior Vice President-Marketing. As such, he will be responsible for the marketing and commercial development of all of the company’s brands globally. He has nearly 3O years experience in brand development and marketing in the spirits industry. Prior to joining Castle Brands, he... Read More

Charles “Chip” Hartnett has been appointed as Director of National Accounts. He will be responsible for all national on-premise accounts for their portfolio of premium spirits. Hartnett joined Gosling-Castle Partners, a majority-owned subsidiary of Castle Brands, in 2OO6 as the brand director for the mid-Atlantic states.

DAVID GRINNELL has been promoted to Vice President of Brewing.  Their longtime Director of Brewing & Quality, he joined the company three years after the first case of Samuel Adams Boston Lager rolled out of the brewery.  In addition to overseeing the brewing, leading the brewing team, and developing new... Read More

Natalie Strong has been appointed as the organization’s Communications Manager on its public affairs and communications team.  In her new role she will participate in media relations and special events that focus on spirits trends and industry heritage, and will provide industry data to the media.  Strong most recently served... Read More

Remy Cointreau USA has appointed Dennis Floam as Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer.  In his new role, he will be responsible for managing both the Finance and Operations departments and will work directly with both Remy Cointreau, SA and the Remy Cointreau USA executive management team to direct... Read More

Paul Walsh has been appointed as Chairman.  Walsh, Diageo’s chief executive, takes over the role from Pernod Ricard’s Director Richard Burrows, who has retired from the SWA after six years on its council.  Ian Curle, Chief Executive of The Edrington Group, has been appointed as the SWA Vice-Chairman in succession... Read More

Pete Carr has been promoted to President, Control States Diageo North America. Prior to this, he was General Manager of Diageo’s Florida Cluster. In this position, Carr will be responsible for leading Diageo’s strategic agenda across the Control States for US Spirits. Carr will also represent Diageo as liaison to... Read More