Anheuser-Busch
Paul Chibe has been named VP-Marketing in the US. He was most recently VP/GM for gum and mints with Wm. Wrigley Jr. Chibe’s biggest goal is to reinvigorate Bud Light and Budweiser sales. He replaces KEITH LEVY, who left the brewer in January.
C.Mondavi & Sons
Mike Jaeger is joining as COO. Jaeger had served as President and COO of Wilson Daniels and has been consulting for a private equity firm evaluating wine acquisitions. Jaeger will be working with the family on strategy and business development. Previously he was President of Canandaigua Wine, a division of... Read More
OBITUARY: ADELE “DELLIE†REX
ADELE “DELLIE” REX, 68 Local wine pioneer Dellie Rex passed away suddenly on June 7 from a stroke.Dellie attended Connecticut College and graduated from the University of Colorado in Boulder in 1966.She earned her MBA from Babson and was extremely active in the fine wine industry for over 25 yearsas... Read More
BACARDI LIMITED
BACARDI LIMITED Caroline Basyn has been named the drink company’s Global Chief Information Officer, responsible for all Information Technology activities of Bacardi Limited globally including leading the company’s overall IT strategy and implementation. Previously Basyn was at Procter & Gamble where she was most recently Director of Trade Fund Management... Read More
DON SEBASTIANI & SONS
DON SEBASTIANI & SONS The family-owned wine company has promoted Mike Cekay to Executive Vice President/Global Sales Manager. In his expanded role, Mike will assume day to day responsibility for all Export, Transportation and Travel Channels. Cekay joined Don Sebastiani & Sons in 2OO9 as Senior Vice President, National Sales... Read More
OBITUARY: JESS JACKSON,
JESS JACKSON, 81 An icon of the wine world has passed away. Jess Stonestreet Jackson, the man who revolutionized the Chardonnay industry in the US during the early 198Os with his extraordinarily successful Kendall-Jackson winery and went on to become a pioneering architect of the burgeoning American wine industry, passed... Read More
Anheuser-Busch InBev
August Busch IV is stepping down as a director at Anheuser-Busch InBev NV, ending the Busch family’s formal involvement in the brewing company that bears its name. He was the chief executive of Anheuser-Busch Cos. when the Budweiser maker was acquired by InBev in 2OO8. Busch, who had sought to... Read More
Pernod Ricard USA
The drinks company has appointed Steve Chasen as Director/On-Premise Trade Marketing and BJ Vorderer as Director/Off-Premise Trade Marketing. Chasen joins the company from Southern Wines & Spirits, New York, where he helped lead the PRUSA-dedicated team within SWS Metro NY. Prior to that, he served as Director/Sales & Marketing for... Read More
Brown-Forman
George Garvin Brown IV is being promoted to Executive Vice President of the Louisville-based spirits company. Brown’s new role is to lead planning on strategic and operational matters related to the board and the Brown family, which controls a majority of the company’s voting shares. In addition to his new... Read More
PERNOD RICARD USA
Ed Merklen has been named General Manager-East Division Sales. Prior to joining Pernod Ricard, Merklen worked for the past twelve years at the Coca-Cola Company where he held a series of executive sales roles in the bottling, divisional and national chain groups. In his most recent position as VP of... Read More