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1st April 2014 |
William Grant
& Sons appoint Justin Weston as Managing
Director of Global Travel Retail.
 William
Grant & Sons have announced the
appointment of Justin Weston as Managing
Director, Global Travel Retail. Justin
will take up his new position on 1st
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
William Grant & Sons Global Travel
Retail business unit at a critical time
as William Grants launch the new
Glenfiddich Cask Collection
which consists of
Glenfiddich Select Cask,
Glenfiddich Reserve Cask
and the peaty
Glenfiddich Vintage Cask,
all three new whiskies were unveiled at
the end of last year and are part of
William Grant & Sons next step 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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