2019-06-01_Market_Watch

mw ON THE MOVE

90 MARKET WATCH | MARKETWATCHMAG.COM | JUNE 2019

Albert Baladi has officially become CEO

and president of Beam Suntory, with

previous CEO Matt Shattock transition-

ing to the role of non-executive chairman

of the board. While the move was

announced last October, it wasn’t official

until the end of April. Baladi joined

Beam Suntory eight years ago, and most

recently served as COO and president of

the North America region.

Constellation Brands has appointed

Robert Hanson as executive vice presi-

dent and president of its wine and spirits

business. Hanson previously served on the

company’s board of directors for six years.

Wilson Daniels has promoted Shannon

Coursey to senior vice president and

national sales manager. Coursey joined

Wilson Daniels in 2015, serving as vice

president of the Northeast division. Prior

to that, she held a managerial role at

Vineyard Brands.

Serrallés USA has named John Meisler

as vice president of sales. Meisler joined

the company in 2009 and was previously

sales director. Meisler replaces John

Eason, who has been appointed CEO at

Tromba Tequila.

Stoli Group USA has appointed Lee Tatum

as managing director of its Kentucky Owl

whiskey brand. Tatum has been in the

industry for more than 25 years, most

recently serving as vice president and

director of portfolio innovation at Brown-

Forman. Additionally, Jim Beam Noe has

signed on as a consultant for Stoli’s

planned Kentucky Owl Park distillery and

tourism facility.

Winesellers, Ltd. has promoted three of its

directors to vice president roles as the

company moves to accommodate a planned

expansion. Valerie Lynch-Giroux has

been named vice president of East Coast

region sales, Jim Stover has been named

vice president of retail chains and central

region sales, and Lee Schlesinger has

been named vice president of portfolio

management and education.

C. Mondavi & Family has named Riana

Mondavi as director of off-premise chains

in the west and Spencer Tirschek as

director of national accounts for the

on-premise. Additionally, Christopher

Mouriski has joined the company as vice

president of sales in the west.

Bacardi has promoted Jessica Merz to

director of external corporate communi-

cations, managing, developing, and

executing the company’s communications

across all media platforms. Merz most

recently served as Bacardi’s director of

internal corporate communications.

Plata Wine Partners has named Aaron

Fein as vice president of sales and market-

ing. Fein has held sales positions at Bare-

foot Wines & Bubbly, Constellation

Wines, Jackson Family Wines, Purple

Wine Co., Banfi Vintners, and, most

recently, Vinventions.

Scheid Family Wines has appointed

Miles Johnson as director of marketing.

Previously, Johnson held high-level

marketing positions at such wine compa-

nies as Purple Wine & Spirits and Rémy

Cointreau USA.

Ghost Tequila has named Andrew Teub-

ner as chief commercial officer. Teubner

brings over two decades of industry expe-

rience to the Boston-based company. He

most recently served as vice president of

U.S. sales for Casa Dragones Tequila.

Bend, Oregon-based Deschutes Brewery

has named Neal Stewart as vice president

of marketing. Stewart joins the company

from Dogfish Head Brewery, where he

held the same title. Before that, he worked

on beer brands including Pabst Blue

Ribbon, Rainier, Lone Star, Flying Dog,

and Coors Light.

National craft brewery collective Canar-

chy has appointed industry veteran Tony

Short as CEO. Most recently, Short

served as president of beer distributor

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Jessica Beebe

Albert Baladi

John Meisler

Robert Hanson

Shannon Coursey

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