Quintessential Brands Announces Senior Appointment
London – 4 November 2014
The Quintessential Brands Group, the independent international drinks company, announces a key senior appointment.
William Ovens joins the leadership team of The Quintessential Brands Company today as International Commercial Director.
William brings 13 years of FMCG experience in directorial roles, most recently as Managing Director of Simon Howie Foods and previously as Sales and Marketing Director at Presentation Products, a leading supplier of premium packaging to the Spirits industry. For 18 years prior to this, William worked with The Edrington Group, as Area Director for Global Travel Retail and Dawson International subsidiaries as General Export and Licensing Controller for Pringle of Scotland and as Sales Manager for Ballantyne Cashmere.
William takes up a new position at Quintessential Brands and Mike Salmon, Quintessential Brands Company Managing Director, comments: “We are delighted to be welcoming William to the group and very much look forward to working with him. He will be leading our international Quintessential Brands Area Directors located in Asia Pacific, Europe, Russia and the US, from our UK base and report to myself. In addition William will be helping us expand Global Travel Retail opportunities for the brands.”
Notes to Editors
The Quintessential Brands Company is the brand management business of the Quintessential Brands Group, based in Soho, London. The 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.
Quintessential Brands was founded by Enzo Visone and Warren Scott and the group companies include the Quintessential Brands Company, Essential Drinks, G&J Distillers, First Ireland Spirits and the UK brand agency Marblehead Brand Development.
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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]
