Carlsberg, Heineken and Constellation Brands are among the companies welcoming new faces to top jobs.
Bacardi, Heineken and Constellation Brands are among the companies welcoming new faces to top jobs.
Jacob Aarup-Andersen will join Carlsberg as Chief Executive Officer, replacing Cees ’t Hart.
Aarup-Andersen, who is Danish, joins Carlsberg from ISS A/S, where he has served as CEO since 2020. ISS is a global leader in facility management with 360,000 employees operating in 60 countries globally.
At ISS, Jacob has led a financial turnaround and the development of a strategy with a core focus on technology and digitisation, sustainability and diversity, equity and inclusion. During his tenure at ISS, the company has regained its growth momentum, with 2022 results above expectations.
Prior to ISS, Jacob had senior leadership roles at Danske Bank and Danica Pension. Before that, Jacob worked as an investment professional in firms such as Danske Capital, TPX-Axon Capital, Montrica Investment Management and Goldman Sachs.
Current CEO Cees ‘t Hart announced his decision to retire earlier this month, having led Carlsberg since 2015. He will retire by the end of Q3 2023; with Aarup-Andrsen’s start date yet to be announced.
Bacardi has welcomed back Roberto Ramirez Laverde as Global SVP, Bacardi rum, effective immediately.
Roberto takes on an open role following the promotion of Ned Duggan to Global Chief Marketing Officer of Bacardi and President of Bacardi Global Brands Limited. Roberto reports to Duggan and joins the Marketing Leadership Team. He will be based in Bermuda.
Roberto rejoins the brand from Mastercard in Latin America and the Caribbean where he served as Senior Vice President Marketing and Communications for the last four years.
During his previous tenure at Bacardi from 2013-2019, Roberto contributed to building the premiumization strategy for the company’s aged Bacardi rums and Facundo rum collection. He contributed to launching the rum brand’s portfolio of premium, aged rums and building the architecture for the brands.
Earlier in his Bacardi career, he led the Rums Category for Latin America and Caribbean Region, originally joining Bacardi in 2013 as Marketing Director for Mexico. There he supported brands across the portfolio including Bacardi rum, Grey Goose Vodka, Bombay Sapphire, Dewar’s Scotch Whiskey and Patron Tequila.
Heineken Ireland has appointed Sharon Walsh as the company’s new Managing Director.
Walsh, who succeeded Maarten Schuurman as of March 1, moves up from her position as Commercial Director for Heineken Ireland. She has held senior roles within the company and across at the brewer’s global operations over the past 11 years.
Schuurman is leaving Ireland to take up the role of Managing Director of Heineken’s East & West Africa region from 1st April 2023. In his new role he will be responsible for Heineken’s operating companies in Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, Sierra Leone, Mozambique and a joint venture business in Dubai.
Heineken Ireland, which employs 340 people at its brewery in Cork and across the country, boasts a portfolio including Heineken, Heineken 0.0%, Birra Moretti, Coors, Orchard Thieves, Murphy’s, Beamish and Islands Edge.
Walsh led the Heineken Ireland sales team over a three year period characterized by COVID-19 closures for the hospitality industry. Under her leadership, the company introduced a new e-business to business platform, Smart Pub, which is now the preferred ordering platform in the industry in Ireland.
Walsh joined Heineken Ireland as Marketing Director in 2011; before being appointed as Heineken’s Global Cider Director in 2016 at the company’s HQ in Amsterdam.
Before joining Heineken, Walsh gained broad marketing experience in the drinks industry holding roles with UDV, Diageo and Coca-Cola.
A native of Dublin, Walsh has a Degree and Higher Diploma in Hotel and Catering Management and a Master’s degree in Strategic International Marketing from DCU.
OSS Craft Distillery, the company behind Bareksten Spirits, brings in Henrik Ellström from Pernod Ricard to lead international large-scale investment and further commercial growth.
Henrik Ellström has taken up the role as CEO of OSS Craft Distillery this month, having most recently held the position of Global Brand Director Absolut Vodka.
Founder and originator of OSS Craft Distillery, Stig Bareksten, has led the company since its inception in 2016. Ellström’s appointment will allow him to move into a new role with a full focus on product development and commercialization.
OSS Craft Distillery, via its products under Bareksten Spirits, has made in-roads in the premium gin category in Norway; as well as experiencing strong growth in several international markets. The company says its ambition is to establish itself as a central brand within international super premium spirits.
Constellation Brands has appointed Ricardo Dalmas as Senior Vice President, Strategy, Insights and Analytics (SIA).
Ricardo will lead the SIA function at Constellation, leveraging data and consumer-centric thinking to inspire what is next for Constellation’s brands, innovations, channels, and investments.
Constellation’s SIA team serves as an internal strategic consulting and execution partner providing actionable insights, counsel, and data to the organization in alignment with the consumer-led decision making. This function is part of the larger Growth, Strategy & Digital organization focused on driving innovation, delivering on current and future trends through consumer insights, and enabling industry-leading digital transformation.
Dalmas brings significant consumer and corporate strategy, insights and analytics, and brand and commercial leadership experience to the role. He joins Constellation from Nestle USA where he led the Consumer & Marketplace Insights team responsible for insights and analytics across the company’s US food and beverage divisions with household name brands. Dalmas also led Strategic Initiatives at Ventas Inc., a real estate investment trust with a diversified portfolio, and held previous leadership roles at McDonald’s and PepsiCo.
Dalmas earned his MBA at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He currently sits on the Board of Directors for America Needs You – IL, a nonprofit organization helping first-generation college students achieve their academic and career ambitions.
The UK’s Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) is is seeking to diversify its board by recruiting four new members, chosen for their different business expertise and perspectives.
The WSTA – a not for profit organization - is looking for ‘fresh thinking’ volunteers, to apply to join the board for a two-year term, to contribute to discussions and be a source of information and advice for members of the WSTA team.
The WSTA wants to hear from individuals working at companies within its membership who feel they can bring fresh skills, experience and perspective, preferably from the following categories: SMEs, UK wine and spirit producers, importers/exporters, wholesalers or merchants with skills and qualifications, including qualified lawyers or procurement, HR, communication, ICT training, data and education specialists.
Interested applicants can find out more about the role via the WSTA website.
Miles Beale, Chief Executive of the Wine and Spirit Trade Association said: “We believe that our member companies have within their ranks a source of untapped talent that could help drive the WSTA at a time when the industry is focused on recovery and rejuvenation during what continues to be a turbulent time.”