WILLIAM GRANT & SONS APPOINT JUSTIN WESTON AS NEW MANAGING DIRECTOR GLOBAL TRAVEL RETAIL

 

William Grant & Sons are delighted to announce the appointment of Justin Weston as Managing Director, Global Travel Retail.  Justin will take up his new position on 1^st April 2014 and will report directly to Maurice Doyle, the Chief Marketing Officer.

In an important strategic move for the company, Justin will be based in Singapore to help take advantage of the rapidly growing Asian and Middle East Travel Retail markets.

Justin has a very strong grounding within luxury goods and premium spirits.  He joins from Remy Cointreau where he held the post of Managing Director & CEO for the Global Liqueurs & Spirits Division.  Prior to this he held senior marketing positions based in the USA with the Fosters Wine Group and with Pernod Ricard/Allied Domecq, joining the latter from LVMH where he held the role of Regional Director Americas based out of France.

Justin is extremely well travelled having lived and worked in Hong Kong, Japan, the US, Australia, the UK and currently France.

Justin takes over leadership of the GTR business unit at a critical time as we launch the new Glenfiddich Cask Collection and take the next steps in our premiumisation and gifting strategy. 

Maurice Doyle Chief Marketing Officer for William Grant & Sons commented “We are delighted that Justin is joining us as Managing Director for our Global Travel Retail Unit.  Justin is a proven leader in global premium spirits.  I am very confident that Justin will help us deliver our ambitious goals for our brands in the channel and will build on the excellent work done by his predecessor Rita Greenwood.  As a company, we remain fully committed to Global Travel Retail as a strategic priority for our business”.

Justin Weston commented "I am delighted to be joining William Grant & Sons, a company I have admired from the outside for some time. I am excited by the challenge of building on the innovative work done by Rita and her team to meet our ambitious targets. The Travel Retail channel has huge potential with many travellers still not visiting the shops. It will be our mission to deliver rich brand experiences and to create theatre to draw passengers into the stores and so deliver growth for us and our retail partners."

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About William Grant & Sons

• William Grant & Sons, Ltd. is an independent family-owned distiller headquartered in the United Kingdom and founded by William Grant in 1886. Today, the luxury spirits company is run by the fifth generation of his family and distils some of the world’s leading brands of Scotch whisky, including the world’s favourite single malt Glenfiddich®, The Balvenie® range of handcrafted single malts and the world’s third largest blended Scotch Grant’s® as well as other iconic spirits brands such as Hendrick’s® Gin, Sailor Jerry®, Milagro® Tequila and, most recently, Tullamore Dew Irish Whiskey.

• Click on www.williamgrant.com and www.glenfiddich.com for more information on the Company and its brands