London – 26 January 2016
Quintessential Brands, the international drinks company, announces a new senior appointment to its business-to-business supply division, Essential Drinks.
Deborah O’Neill has joined the Quintessential Brands Group as Sales & Operations Planning & Integration Director, based in the London office. Deborah joins after fifteen years at PepsiCo where she was most recently Senior Commercialisation Manager for Tropicana Europe, leading the NPD agenda and managing the implementation of new projects within all European markets.
During her time at PepsiCo, Deborah held several senior roles within the Supply Chain Management & Innovation function for PepsiCo Europe and was particularly involved within the concentrate manufacturing operations based in Ireland, which produced and supplied all the EMEA and Asia Pacific regions with complex multi-market innovation and supply chain systems.
Deborah will report to Francois Quarez, Managing Director, Essential Drinks.
Francois commented on her appointment: “We are delighted that Deborah has joined us to lead the further development and consolidation of our existing group sales and operations. Deborah will play an important role in the further integration and enhancement of Quintessential Brand Group’s capabilities as part of its current three year growth strategy.”
Notes to Editors
Quintessential Brands was founded in 2011 and is made up of the Quintessential Brands Company; G&J Distillers, the world’s oldest gin distillers; Essential Drinks, the business-to-business supply division; First Ireland Spirits, a world leader in the supply of Irish Cream Liqueurs and Country Creams; L&L, one of the leading manufacturers of fine French spirits and the UK brand agency Marblehead Brand Development.
Quintessential Brands is the producer and owner of a fast growing portfolio of brands spanning gin; Greenall’s The Original London Dry Gin, Opihr Oriental Spiced Gin, BLOOM Gin, Berkeley Square London Dry Gin and Thomas Dakin Gin; Irish cream liqueurs, including Feeney’s and O’Mara’s; Irish whiskies including The Dubliner Whiskey and The Dublin Liberties and fruit and coffee liqueurs, including Alizé and Toussaint.
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ABOUT QUINTESSENTIAL BRANDS
Quintessential Brands owns an award-winning portfolio of world-class spirit brands, which is powered by a strong entrepreneurial vision and passion for innovation, backed by centuries of handcrafted distilling expertise.
Quintessential Brands Group was established in 2011 with the acquisition of G&J Distillers, the UK’s foremost gin distillery, which evolved from Thomas Dakin’s original 1761 operation and now produces an unrivalled quality gin selection. In Ireland, Dublin Liberties Distillery is our home of modern Irish whiskeys and First Ireland Spirits in Abbeyleix crafts award-winning Irish creams. Our French hub, L&L France, creates fine French fruit liqueurs, cognacs, brandies and vodka.
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