London – 26 January 2014
The Quintessential Brands Group, the independent international drinks company, announces the appointment of Jeremy Rockett as Managing Director of Marblehead, the UK brand development company, part of the Quintessential Brands Group. Jeremy replaces Emma Wykes who has been in managerial positions at Marblehead for six years.
Jeremy has spent the last 10 years as Marketing Director of Gonzalez Byass UK, the commercial arm of the Spanish wine company set up in 2004. He was a founder member of the company. Jeremy looked after the marketing of GBUK’s own brands including Beronia, Rioja, Tio Pepe & Croft Original sherry, London No1 Gin, Soberano Brandy, and a number of agencies including Quinta do Noval Port, Jackson Estate from New Zealand, Wirra Wirra from South Australia, Undurraga from Chile and Champagne Deutz.
Warren Scott comments: “We are delighted to welcome Jeremy to Marblehead and the Quintessential Brands Group. He brings a wealth of management experience to the Group and his particular expertise working with the prestige on-trade fits perfectly with Marblehead’s plans for growth.”
“We are grateful to Emma for leading Marblehead over the past two years, particularly during the company’s acquisition by the Quintessential Brands Group in July 2014, and we wish her well in her new venture.”
Notes to Editors
Quintessential Brands was founded by Enzo Visone and Warren Scott and the group companies include Marblehead Brand Development, the Quintessential Brands Company, Essential Drinks, G&J Distillers and First Ireland Spirits.
The Group brand portfolio includes Greenall’s Gin, BLOOM Gin, Berkeley Square London Dry Gin, Opihr Oriental Spiced Gin, Toussaint Coffee Rum Liqueur, O’Mara Irish Country Cream, Feeney’s Irish Cream Liqueur and The Dubliner Irish Whiskey.
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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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