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In whisky
business news William Grant & Sons has
moved to bolster its senior global
travel retail management team as it eyes
recovery and expansion in the duty-free
market.
William Grant & Sons (WG&S) has moved
to bolster its senior global travel
retail (GTR) management team as it eyes
recovery and expansion in the duty-free
market.
The three new GTR-focused hires are
Karan Tuli (Regional Customer Marketing
Manager, APAC and ME), Karim Moukalled
(Customer Planning & Activation Manager
- Global Travel Retail) and Richard
Burns (Head of Commercial Finance –
GTR).
Karan Tuli will lead activation plans
and strategies in the Asia Pacific and
Middle East regions and support the
wider commercial team with execution of
GTR vision and strategy. Based in the WG&S
Singapore office, he will report to
Lindsay Hitzeroth, Head of Customer
Marketing – GTR.
Karan joins with wide GTR experience,
most recently as ASEAN Area Manager,
Travel Retail with Bacardi and Global
Head, Travel Retail and General Manager
Asia Pacific at Agatha Asia Pacific.
Of his appointment, he said: "I am very
excited about joining the William Grant
& Sons family at this pivotal time – we
have a big year ahead with many
challenges and opportunities to
negotiate.
"As the industry continues to recover
from the impacts of the COVID-19
pandemic, I am confident that we will
have the right strategies in place which
will help bring joy back into our
channel and to delight travelling
shoppers."
Experienced marketer Karim Moukalled
joins WG&S after serving as Marketing
Activation Manager – Global Travel
Retail at JTI (Japan Tobacco
International) for the best part of six
years. In that role, was responsible for
the planning and implementation of
activations for major JTI brands across
the Middle East and Africa.
Karim started his career with British
American Tobacco as a Trade Marketing
Executive in Saudi Arabia after
graduating from the Lebanese American
University in Beirut. He holds a
bachelor degree in business marketing.
He has lived and worked in four
different countries over the past six
years, and is fluent in English, Arabic
and French.
Karim said: "I’m thrilled to be joining
the William Grant & Sons GTR team as
Customer Planning & Activation manager,
focusing on the Southern and Western
Europe territories.
"While my career background is mostly
within the tobacco industry, the travel
retail channel is no stranger to me so
it will be interesting to bring my
knowledge and experience to practice in
such a great, vibrant and innovative
company."
Completing the trio of appointments is
Richard Burns, who will soon move to
London to take up his GTR finance role
after more than three and a half years
working as Senior Commercial Finance
Manager for WG&S Australia in its Sydney
office. He will report to Iain Short,
Finance Director for APAC & GTR.
His most recent employer prior to WG&S
was Coca-Cola Amatil, also based in
Australia, where his last role was as
Finance Business Partner – Retail Sales
& Marketing.
Richard said: "This is a great time to
take on a role in the GTR division of
William Grant & Sons just at the time
when the world is really opening up for
travel again after the trials of
COVID-19.
"The growth opportunities and potential
in the travel retail for our brands is
huge, and I look forward to playing a
part in helping our team take advantage
of them."
You will also find the current William Grant whisky
range including Grants, The Balvenie,
Glenfiddich, Ailsa Bay and Monkey
Shoulder available from specialist online
whisky retailers such as
The Whisky Exchange,
Amazon
and
Master of Malt
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