Quintessential Brands Group Announces Senior Appointment
London – 29 September 2014
The Quintessential Brands Group, the independent international drinks company, announces a key senior appointment.
Francois Quarez will join the Essential Drinks Company as Managing Director, based in the Quintessential Brands Group office in Soho, London. Francois brings over 25 years of FMCG industry experience in senior sales and business leadership roles, most recently with Cott Beverages and previously with Pepsico Inc and Proctor and Gamble. Francois has a proven track record of building businesses and working with major multiple European retailers in new international markets including Central and Eastern Europe.
Francois, who has spent the majority of his career working in Europe, extends the international executive leadership team at the Quintessential Brands Group.
Warren Scott, CEO of the Quintessential Brands Group, comments: “We are delighted to be welcoming Francois to the group and very much look forward to working with him as we continue to expand Essential Drinks Company, the spirits supplier business to retailers and brand owners, in the UK and internationally.”
Notes to Editors
Quintessential Brands was founded by Enzo Visone and Warren Scott and the group companies include Quintessential Brands Company, Essential Drinks, G&J Distillers, First Ireland Spirits and the UK brand agency Marblehead Brand Development.Essential Drinks Company is the spirits supply division of the Quintessential Brands Group.
Essential Drinks produces high quality spirit solutions, working with G&J Distillers and First Ireland Spirits, for both UK and international customers.
The Quintessential Brands portfolio includes Greenall’s The Original London Dry Gin, BLOOM Gin, Berkeley Square London Dry Gin, Opihr Oriental Spiced Gin and Toussaint Coffee Rum Liqueur. The portfolio has recently been expanded by the addition of O’Mara Irish Country Cream, Feeney’s Irish Cream Liqueur, Irish Knights, Irish Country Cream and The Dubliner Irish Whiskey Liqueur.
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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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