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The Hub
Issue 3
May 2017
A note from Ed...
Welcome to our 3rd edition of ‘The Hub’. After the
excitement of the conference in Ireland, the pundits might
have predicted a quieter two months, but that could not be
further from the truth. From a personal perspective, I have
spent much of the last eight weeks on the road (or in the
air to be more precise), spending time out with the wider
business, customers and the GTR team.
In late March, Simon Hunt called his Senior Leadership
Group to London to hear his and the Exec’s new purpose for
the business. Rather than spoil it for you, you will see this as
it is rolled out through the company road shows in May and
June. I encourage you to attend them. What impressed me
most about the SLG was Simon’s absolute commitment to
this direction for the business, and that in itself was inspiring.
We have our own purpose and vision for GTR and it fits
neatly into the wider business direction. GTR will continue
to hold a critically important role for WGS as a stage for
building brand equity and new product development. I also
connected with many of the new additions to the senior
team, including Cate Moore, who leads e-Comm and
Advocacy, and Victor Jerez, who will be leading company
strategy and business development.
From London I went to Orlando and spent most of the
next week with the NAM and LATAM teams. Richard Bush
organised a great stand for WGS and although the show
was not busy, our stand was. The team managed a hectic
schedule of customer meetings and I was privileged to be
in many of them. The relationship with both customers and
distributors is exemplary in a tough market. Both NAM and
LATAM have stretching growth plans for LE1 ahead of the
original budget, and both look motivated and well set to get
after them. We also met with DFASS, with whom we haven’t
been trading for five years, and we have started the process
of reconnecting. They have 50 retail stores spread across 13
US and LATAM airports and supply over 30 airlines globally.
DFASS business now really needs to feature our brands
alongside those of our competitors.
Next I went via LAX, visiting the DFS stores there, and
then onto Australia where Carolyn Mindham organised a
whistle stop tour of the main customers and airport retail
stores. Carolyn had a tricky logistics operation to get right,
as well as an over-tired MD asking awkward questions! She
handled it all with customary style and I enjoyed meeting JR
in Melbourne, and then Heinemann and Lagardere in Sydney.
Carolyn has built some good customer relationships in her
relatively short time at WGS, and they were quick to tell me
that. The depletions growth is impressive across the market,
well ahead of the category. Thanks Carolyn.
After a short break in New Zealand with my family, and
getting in a quick store audit in Auckland, I returned to
Singapore to finalise with Amelia, Joyce and Chai Lee our
LE1 in order to present to Simon Hunt, Paul Rochford and
Philip. The presentation went well, but not without the hard
work that you all put into it. Thank you. We will await our
final result, but the rebasing of our targets for 2017 is still on
track and we will communicate in more depth when all is
clear. In Singapore, everyone’s spirits are up because Sarah
Catton is back from maternity leave and we have certainly
missed her. Welcome back Sarah.
I write this on a plane to Taipei where we are seeing our
Taiwanese customers this week, cementing an improving
relationship and making sure there is continuity after the
departure of Joseph and now Scott. At this point I would
like to pay tribute to Scott Hamilton, who left us mid April.
Scott built the ASPAC business from nothing in July 2011,
alongside Jack and Joelle, and he has an enviable reputation
amongst customers in Asia and Australia. We wish him well
in his future career.

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A busy week for the WGS team in Orlando
Singapore success
William Grant & Sons was well represented by the Americas team, Ed Cottrell, Andy Clifton and Ifan Jenkins at this year’s
Duty Free Show of the Americas organized by trade association IAADFS (International Association of Airport Duty Free
Stores). The show took place at the colossal Marriott World Center in Orlando, Florida from March 26-29.
Overall attendance was somewhat down at this year’s show – most likely due to uncertainty surrounding the show’s changing
format. Next year the Duty Free Show of the Americas will merge with the LATAM regional conference ASUTIL in what’s
being billed as ‘The Summit of the Americas’ taking place in Orlando from March 18-21, 2018. Despite there being fewer
visitors in the aisles at this year’s show, the WGS Americas team was extremely busy with virtually back-to-back meetings
over the course of 3 days and more than 40 meetings in total.
As expected, the refreshed Glenfiddich Cask Collection was the star of the show and the new packaging was very well
received by customers from across the region. The virtual reality tour of the Glenfiddich Distillery also proved very popular, as
did the Hendrick’s ‘Master Serve ‘O’ Matic’ bicycle and the back bar serving both classic and new Monkey Shoulder cocktails.
As you read this issue of The Hub, the WGS Asia Pacific team is returning
to normality after a busy week at this year’s TFWA Asia Pacific Exhibition
& Conference in Singapore. Held at the Marina Bay Sands Exhibition
Centre, TFWA Asia Pacific Exhibition & Conference is a must-attend event
for industry professionals in the region, showcasing hundreds of premium
brands and thousands of innovative products.
With over 300 exhibitors and almost 3000 visitors, TFWA Asia Pacific attracts
key decision makers from airports, airlines, retail groups, distributors and
agents from across the region and beyond and is a vital event in WGS’s
annual calendar. The week kicks off with a sports day and glittering opening
cocktail at Raffles (where else), a full day conference on Monday and three
busy days of exhibition – and networking, of course, via various evening
social events.
Social functions aside, the Asia Pacific region is crucial for WGS, especially our Ultra-Premium and Prestige brands, and the
Singapore show is where we can meet our clients, discuss new projects and strategy. This year was particularly important
for meeting potential new partners in Japan following our new agreement with JALUX.
The primary highlight this year was the packaging refresh for Glenfiddich Cask Collection which we introduced to customers,
offering them the opportunity to experience the special accompanying Virtual Reality activation. This was extremely well
received and we were very encouraged by responses to both the new look and the potential activation support.
To further support Glenfiddich Cask Collection, on Tuesday evening we opened the stand for a special reception offering
guests a choice of delicious Solera Sounds cocktails featuring Select, Reserve and Vintage Cask. As usual, the stand was
packed with guests from 5pm onwards and we were delighted with the reaction.
Thanks to Brand Ambassador Matthew Fergusson-Stewart for his brilliant introduction to Cask Collection.

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New peated single malt showcases The Balvenie in entirely different way
We’re delighted to announce the release of two new expressions for The Balvenie, our most handcrafted single malt Scotch
whisky, one of which will be exclusive to Global Travel Retail. But please, keep this top secret until June 14th when the
announcement goes live in the media;
The GTR exclusive Balvenie Peated Triple Cask Aged 14 Years and The Balvenie Peat Week Aged 14 Years (2002 Vintage)
– available in selected markets only - reimagine a classic Speyside style whisky and are the product of trials undertaken by
Malt Master David Stewart MBE and Ian Millar, former distillery manager and currently our Prestige Whiskies Specialist at
William Grant & Sons.
At a time when very few Speyside distilleries were using peat in production, The Balvenie distilled a batch of heavily peated
malt, which was laid down to mature at the distillery in Dufftown, Scotland under the watchful eye of the industry’s longestserving
Malt Master. Since this pioneering moment, the distillery has dedicated one week each year, named Peat Week, to
using only peated barley in its production, in order to craft a different style of The Balvenie liquid with enhanced smoky notes.
The result of the initial experiment is a classic honeyed whisky enriched with a delicate, sweet and lingering peat smoke
that unlocks flavours unexpected from a Speyside distillery and showcases The Balvenie’s truly innovative and forwardthinking
nature.
The GTR exclusive Balvenie Peated Triple Cask, a non-chill filtered expression bottled at 48.3% ABV, was aged in the three
most traditional cask types – first-fill bourbon, refill bourbon and sherry, resulting in a whisky with exceptional smoky sweet
notes with cinnamon and ginger spiciness.
Commenting on the release, The Balvenie Malt Master David Stewart MBE says: “Being able to experiment with different
elements of whisky making and stock management is one of the most exciting and important parts of my job. The new Peated
Triple Cask and Peated Week are the result of our continued efforts to innovate and trial flavours not typically associated
with The Balvenie. The expressions are testament to the freedom we enjoy as a family company, and shows The Balvenie
in two unexpected ways, yet still remaining true to the distillery style our drinkers enjoy.”
Both releases pay special homage to a time when peated whiskies were commonly produced by distilleries across Speyside,
including The Balvenie, who utilised locally sourced peat throughout the 1930s, 40s and 50s to dry barley processed at the
distillery’s’ traditional malt floor, which is still in use today.
Ian Millar says: “When we first started the experiments it was an incredibly exciting time, as very few Speyside distilleries
were using peated malt in production. Along with cask type, there’s nothing quite like peat to change the flavour profile of a
whisky, so it was great to have the chance to undertake these experiment and lay the foundations for future peated malts.”
To launch both new expressions, a special press trip is being arranged for June which will be attended by two journalists
from the global travel retail media.

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Europe – Focus
This month we’re shining the spotlight on Europe, the home territory of William Grant & Sons. No doubt many of you are
familiar with some of our key locations, but it’s easy to overlook some of the things that make Europe a bit different. Almost
90% of GTR’s non-airport business goes through Europe, with other business channels like Airlines, Border Stores and
Ferries making up more than a third of our total sales. We’re also responsible for 3 in every 4 bottles of Three Barrel’s sold
in GTR and 85% of our total Tullamore DEW business. And let’s not forget Wood’s Old Navy which can only be found in
European Travel Retail!
Much more important to us however is our people, and we’re fiercely proud to be one the most diverse teams working
in WGS. Although there are only 10 of us, we have lived in 20 countries, speak 14 languages between us and only 4 of us
were born in the UK! It’s no small wonder that we have each ended up working in Travel Retail as we are all travel addicts,
exploring new places at every opportunity. With such breadth of cultural representation we occasionally find each other
totally crazy, but it also means that we each bring very different perspectives. While our markets are very varied, you can
always be sure that someone in our team will have relatable experience to step in and help out.
Although we have 64 years combined experience working in GTR between us, we have also worked in some unusual jobs
in our time. In fact, on our team we have 2 ex farmers, a former bicycle repairman, a former trillionaire (in Zimbabwean
currency that is!), an ex-cat food salesman and 2 former athletes. We certainly are a varied bunch!
Name: Gillian Murphy
Role: Regional Marketing Executive
Interesting fact: Former Tullamore DEW Brand Ambassador Gillian skied into a tree on
her first ski trip aged 4 and had to be air lifted to hospital. Luckily she made a full recovery!
Name: Alina Brady
Role: Customer Marketing Manager
Interesting fact: Alina was part of Lenin Pioneer Organization until she was 11 years
old, where she had to wear red tie and iron it almost every morning. She also successfully
organized a run away from kindergarten when she was 5 years old and hadpolice and
radio searching for her!
Name: Jillie Cooper
Role: Customer Marketing Manager
Interesting fact: Former professional badminton player Jillie was destined to be in the
alcohol business from day 1! Her last name Cooper originates from whisky barrel makers.
Name: Douglas Long
Role: Commercial Finance Analyst
Interesting fact: Doug legally changed his name to Scott by deed poll whilst in college.
He also donned striking blue hair for a period of time and had several piercings! Doug is
also a bit if a jet setter and has taken 43 non-work flights in the last year.
Name: Oscar Camargo
Role: Business Development Manager
Interesting fact: Oscar left Colombia for 2 years to study English. 20 years later, he still
hasn’t returned. He has lived in a series of interesting places including New York, where
he witnessed the collapse of the twin towers unfolding first hand.
Name: Marina Steel
Role: Business Development Manager
Interesting fact: Marina once held two passports simultaneously. When she was
covering the Middle East business at Estee Lauder, she owned one passport to get into
Dubai and another to get into Israel!
Name: Emma Humphreys
Role: Regional Marketing Manager
Interesting fact: Emma was once a trillionaire! The Zimbabwe dollar was abandoned as
its national currency in 2009 after hyperinflation had led to an inflation rate of 79.6 billion
per cent. At its peak in 2008, Zimbabwe issued 100 trillion dollar banknotes.

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Some impressive facts
Name: Isabel Barbosa
Role: Commercial Marketing Analyst
Interesting fact: Isabel’s parents have recently opened a bakery in her native Portugal.
Although her mother is reluctant to pass on her secret recipes to Isabel, when she does
get her hands on them, Isabel makes a delicious chocolate cake.
Name: Andrew Clifton
Role: Regional Director- Europe & North America
Interesting fact: Andy, a farmer’s son, has worked in a series of very unusual jobs, from
picking celery for supermarkets to selling cat food. He also went to agricultural college.
Name: Olli-Pekka Lappalainen
Role: Business Development Manager
Interesting fact: Swedish born OP was once a semi-professional ice hockey player!
He also did 11 months of compulsory service for the Finnish military and worked as
a Croupier.
Glenfiddich 1998 Rare Cask
launches with King Power
The GTR Asia Pacific team was delighted at the fabulous turnout
for the King Power exclusive launch of Glenfiddich 1998 Rare
Cask.
The sit-down dinner and whisky tasting launch event was
attended by 30 selected VIP members of King Power Thailand
at the Glen Bar, King Power Pullman Hotel; and was hosted by
regional Glenfiddich Brand Ambassador, Matthew Fergusson-
Stewart. Pichai Pitakchaisuk, Executive Vice President of King
Power (Group Merchandising), was in attendance at the event,
together with his team.
The four-course menu enjoyed by all in attendance was carefully
selected, to accompany the exceptional line up of whiskies for
the evening. While the Glenfiddich 21 and Glenfiddich 25 were
the usual crowd favourites, the Glenfiddich 1988 stole the show
that evening with its exceptional liquid quality. The dinner ended
with a pleasant surprise – House of Hazelwood 21, one of the
latest additions to our GTR portfolio.
The Glenfiddich 1998 Rare Cask is a single cask selected by and
bottled exclusively for King Power Thailand. The limited 123
bottles of this rare whisky highlights the amicable partnership
behind this collaboration, and can be found only at King Power
duty free stores.
Pichai Pitakchaisuk, King Power commented: “It is an honour to be the exclusive stockist of Glenfiddich 1998 Rare Cask,
we enjoy a great working relationship with William Grant & Sons and thank them for the great launch where we could build
on our relationship, enjoy awesome entertainment, and of course drink extraordinary whiskies!”
Languages Spoken:
1. English
2. Irish
3. French
4. Spanish
5. Portuguese
6. German
7. Italian
8. Swedish
9. Finnish
10. Basque
11. Shona
12. Russian
13. Ukrainian
14. Dutch
Countries lived in:
1. Colombia
2. Costa Rica
3. Cyprus
4. England
5. Finland
6. France
7. Germany
8. Ireland
9. Malta
10. Netherlands
11. Portugal
12. Scotland
13. South Africa
14. Sweden
15. Switzerland
16. USA
17. USSR
18. Ukraine
19. Yemen
20. Zimbabwe

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The technology
The HTC Vive offers a premium VR experience and has a lifelike and natural accuracy: your head and hands move flawlessly,
with every tiny movement loyally mapped in the virtual space. The headset is designed to utilize ‘room scale’ technology to
turn a room into 3D space via sensors, with the virtual world allowing the user to navigate naturally, with the ability to walk
around and use motion tracked handheld controllers to vividly manipulate objects, interact with precision and experience
immersive environments.
This comes courtesy of the 37 sensors in the headset pairing with the sensor boxes that track your movement and position.
HTC refers to this method as ‘Lighthouse’ tracking technology – because the boxes beam out guiding infrared light to the user.
Ifan Jenkins, Head of Marketing, GTR, added: “VR is allowing us to interact with people in a whole new way, and the beautiful
imagery created for this project means that whisky drinkers can express their tasting notes in a completely individual fashion,
and in a completely new medium.”
Build and launch
Glenfiddich creates interactive Virtual Reality tasting with HTC Vive
for Global Travel Retail
The Virtual Reality experience took six weeks to create and launched this month in Singapore at TFWA Asia Pacific. The
agency used created the HTC Vive tasting experience in partnership with Wolf In Motion, a London-based VR design and
production studio.
We are delighted to have teamed up with an acclaimed UK creative agency to create a highly original and interactive virtual
reality HTC Vive whisky tasting experience called ‘Glenfiddich Virtual Infinity’, happening in airports around the world from
next month.
The tasting allows visitors to virtually discover and enjoy the infinite layers of flavours in each of Glenfiddich’s three Cask
Collection whiskies and write their own 3D tasting notes in a virtual world. This is a bold and unusual activation for Global
Travel Retail (GTR) but it was seen as the perfect environment for a VR experience with real depth, as whisky shoppers
have time on their hands, and are open to trying out interesting new tasting experiences.
Beauty imagery for all three Cask Collection expressions was created – designing an abstract representation of the Solera
Vat system showing the depth, richness and complexity of each expression. Each of the different lines and ribbons showcase
the infinite layers of flavour brought about by the many different aged whiskies being constantly added.
The Glenfiddich Virtual Infinity VR experience
In the Glenfiddich GTR area in select airports, visitors can enjoy a Cask Collection whisky tasting. They pick out the key
tasting notes of each expression before putting on their VR headsets, at which point they are virtually transported into a
perfect recreation of Warehouse 8 in Dufftown, Scotland.
The three Solera Vats stand in front of them and they are surrounded by casks. They select a Solera Vat using their hand
controllers and enter the world of that expression, where they are able to write and draw their own tasting notes in the air.
The brush they ‘write’ with creates a stunning ribbon effect that perfectly matches the colours and aesthetic of the beauty
image. People can write above, below and all around themselves, walking through their 3D words. And they can delete
their tasting notes using a scissor controller that cuts the ribbons and erases the script.

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Master of Wine & Spirit (MOWS)
Launched in 2010 as part of DFS’s Masters Series, Master of Wine & Spirit (MOWS) is a ground-breaking event, the first
of its kind to connect connoisseurs and collectors of spirits, wine and champagne with the world’s leading brands in one
environment, showcasing DFS’s global travel retail leadership and highlighting limited and curated versions of the world’s
finest wines and spirits, while partnering with experts/influencers in their own fields.
DFS Group (DFS), the world’s leading luxury travel retailer, in partnership with Changi Airport Group, hosted its sixth annual
Masters of Wines and Spirits on Saturday, March 25, 2017 in Singapore. The most celebrated event of its kind in the industry,
Masters of Wines and Spirits showcases DFS’ global travel retail leadership, innovation and unique ability to assemble bespoke
collections of wines, spirits and their leading producers, as well as the expertise of its own in-house specialists.
More than 60 of the finest Cognacs, wines and whiskies from over 50 legendary houses were unveiled during The Masters
of Wines and Spirits private event held at selected shophouse venues along Singapore’s historic Tras Street.
· WGS presented DCS Chapter 2 on The Balvenie – featuring 5 extremely rare vintage single malts whiskies, highlighting
the complex manner in which different Oak barrels influence the flavour of the spirit; and a precious 44 year old whisky
from the Glenfiddich Rare Collection, so limited in quantity that only 8 bottles are to be ever released.
· This year, we were extremely lucky to have our Malt Masters, Brian Kinsman and David Stewart coming together for the
same event.
· On the day itself, both of them had interviews with numerous high profile media titles; before sitting on a Whisky Panel
organized by DFS as guests panellist.
· The Whisky Panel by The Whiskey House, entitled “Innovations of Today Shaping the Heritage of Tomorrow.” The session
was moderated by DFS Director of Spirits, Frederik Vanden Bulcke.
Names of panellists:
o Brian Kinsman, Malt Master at Glenfiddich
o David Charles Stewart, Malt Master at The Balvenie
o Mike Miyamoto, Global Brand Ambassador for Hibiki
o Brendan McCarron, Head of Maturing Whisky Stocks at Glenmorangie.
Later in the evening, Brian conducted private tastings of Glenfiddich
Residence Cask II (A DFS Exclusive running for the 2nd edition) for VIP
customers and representatives of the Changi Airport Group.
All-in-all a great success:
o Engagement with key stakeholders of DFS and Changi Airport Group
o A tailored platform to introduce our most prestigious and precious
whiskies, targeted at a niche and exclusive group of consumers
o Our products were already reserved even before the event started
Following the Masters of Wines and Spirits gala event on March 25,
the Masters of Wines and Spirits curated collection will be available for
travelers and shoppers at DFS, Singapore Changi Airport’s Wines and
Spirits Duplexes at Terminals 2 and 3.

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Hot off the press! by Hoon CHO
I am proud to announce that Hendrick’s Gin will be on-shelf in JDC (Jeju Island) after 3 years trials & errors. I did Brand
Presentation as attached yesterday in front of the head of JDC.
It would be early June and the 1st PO would be 150 actual cases.
Hendrick’s Gin is now honoured as the only Gin item in JDC.
Cavo - costa cruise - vip indian
wedding - Glenfiddich 18 yo by
Marina Steel
Ditta Cavo are a main supplier to several Cruise Companies
and approached us at very short notice for extra stock of GF
18YO for a VIP Indian Wedding between a Bollywood Star
and a VIP Businessman, on board one of the ships.
As they are supplied via Overseas, who are on strict
allocation, Overseas would not agree to release stock to
Ditta Cavo so they approached us directly. I did not have
sufficient allocation, but Oscar kindly released some of his
(thank you again Oscar!) so we could authorise Overseas
to send the urgent shipment to Ditta Cavo and replace
Overseas stock on their next order.
Apart from the very happy customer, the event was a roaring
success, no doubt fuelled by the 102 bottles of Glenfiddich!
JUNE 14 TH
PLEASE ENJOY THE UNUSUAL RESPONSIBLY

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Under the
Spotlight
7. What are your three
most important travel
essentials?
Phone charger, camera
phone and a credit card
(normally to go and buy all
the useful things I forgot to
pack....)
Where we discover the personalities behind the professional profile
through 10 simple questions.
1. How long have you
been working for WGS.
What was your previous
role/job?
June 2017 will be my 5
year anniversary at William
Grants. Originally joining out
WG&S UK Domestic team
as Head of the On Premise
business as part of Project
Transformer to grow our
presence, commercial sales
and brand building agenda
in the channel. From there
I moved in to the Sales
Director for Off Trade with
responsibility for all our sales
and customer marketing
teams across retail and
wholesale customers. For the
last 15 months I have been
the UK Commercial Director
leading our domestic sales,
customer marketing and sales
operations teams in the UK.
Name: Andrew Clifton
Role: Regional Director ‐ Europe & North America
2. What do you enjoy
most about your
current role?
GTR is unique in our
organisation, being a global
stage for building premium
brand equity underpinned
by a profitable commercial
platform, and as such
provide a potential wealth
of learning and experience.
I am mostly looking forward
to working with new people,
across multiple cultures and
geographies, to achieving
our ambitious goals in an
ever changing environment.
As one of my favorite sayings
goes “the best way to predict
the future is to create it”
and in GTR the team have
an exceptional opportunity
to create our future and
set our own ambitions and
aspirations for success.
3.What’s your greatest
achievement to date?
I have been very privileged
and proud to have led teams
who have been recognised
externally by our trade
partners for outstanding
performance with in the
industry and recognised
as best in class vs our
competitors being awarded
number 1 supplier / account
team across a number of the
UK’s largest customers and
translating that accolade to
deliver exceptional results for
WG&SUK delivery double
digit profit growth ahead of
budget for 3 consecutive
years. On a personal note it
was leading our brand owner
pitch and negotiations to
bring Russian Standard Vodka
back in the UK portfolio.
4. What do you like to
do when you’re not
at work?
What free time I have a
like to spend walking my
dogs, ideally very early on
a weekend morning with
the mist still rising across the
fields. I find the tranquillity
very settling and thought
provoking.. Outside of that
I can often be found with a
glass of something in my hand
watching rugby and cheering
on my team.
5. Who would you most
like to sit next to on a
long haul flight?
Well, as I said to Ifan after
reading his “Stephen Fry”
suggestion, I would have
to say Kylie! I think that
the hours would simply
fly by (excuse the pun!).
Apart from that I would say
Sir Clive Woodward (ex
England rugby coach) who
I would bore for hours with
questions about winning
the 2003 World Cup final
against Australia and how he
transformed a talent group
of individuals in to a world
beating team.
6. And what would be
your ideal three course
meal to enjoy during the
conversation?
Baked Tunworth cheese
with crusty bread (to share);
beef medallions in Roquefort
sauce with grilled asparagus
followed by cheese and
biscuits (as you can tell I
like cheese...
8. Where would you
most like to spend
a week if you were
working....and if you
were relaxing?
If I was working I would
most like to spend it with
customers (both easy ones
and more challenging ones).
I get a buzz out of meeting
with our trade partners
and finding mutual ways to
growing our joint businesses.
And relaxing...thats a tricky
one...there are so many
beautiful places round the
world and nearer to home
to visit and enjoy, but if I had
to pick I would say a small
holiday cottage in Cornwall
to enjoy cliff walks and
unspoilt countryside.
9. Which is your favourite
WGS brand and why?
I have also been a Gin and
Tonic fan, so the obvious
choice is Hendricks. But at
the moment I would go for
which is a beautiful presented
and refreshing drink that
captures the essence of a
summer day in a glass.
10. Who has inspired
you most in your life -
working or personal?
My then line Manager at
InBev, Philip Blanc, who now
runs his own negotiation
business. I admit he is not
to everyine’s taste but he
taught me a key lesson that
has always stayed with me.
And that is “in life, as in
business, you don’t get what
you deserve....you get what
you negotiate!”