London, 15 October 2013
News – Quintessential Brands Announces Senior Appointments Oct 2013
The Quintessential Brands Group, the international drinks company, announces two new senior appointments.
Stephen Loftus has joined as Director of Brands, based in the London Soho office. Stephen joins the company from Accolade Wines (formerly Constellation Brands Europe), where he was their Global Innovation Director responsible for a broad range of international markets for seven years. Previously, he worked in a variety of marketing and strategy roles for Red Bull, Cognosis Consulting and United Distillers (now Diageo).
Patrick O’Reilly has joined the Quintessential Brands Group as International Business Development Director, based in the London Soho office. Patrick joins after six years at UK distributor Cellar Trends where he was Group Marketing Manager for a premium range of international brands including Patron Tequila, Luxardo Sambuca and Amarula Cream Liqueur. Before moving to the UK, Patrick worked for four years at Richmond Marketing in Dublin where he held marketing management positions on Tiger Beer and Kopparberg Cider.
Notes to Editors
The Quintessential Brands portfolio includes Greenall’s Original Gin, BLOOM Gin, Berkeley Square London Dry Gin and Opihr Oriental Spiced Gin which are all produced by G&J Distillers, as well as Toussaint Coffee Liqueur.
Quintessential Brands was founded by Enzo Visone and Warren Scott and the group includes the companies G&J Distillers, the distilling and bottling division and Essential Drinks, the business to business supply division.
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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.
For more information, please contact the communications team at Quintessential Brands by e-mail: [email protected]
