We love building new and established brands internationally. Brands need time and attention to succeed and so often it’s difficult for emerging brands to get the air-time they need, either because there’s too many brands in the same portfolio or not enough. As a result, they can end up lost in the mix, or they can struggle to access the global markets to unlock their wider potential.
That’s why we’ve created a business that exclusively represents a complementary portfolio of premium, bespoke spirit brands, internationally. Where each of the brands’ natural home is in the On-Trade. Where each of the brands can all work with each other and where each of the brands gets their chance to stand tall and shine bright.We’ll only ever represent a small number of brands so we can make sure each brand can achieve the very best results possible.Why we do, what we do
who we areWe are an experienced, diverse business development team. Each member of the Artisan Spirits team shares a common passion and mission to build new and established, original, lifestyle, spirits brands, in today’s global spirits market.
Andy Holmes
FOUNDER & MANAGING DIRECTOR
20 years + international drinks experience
Gruppo Campari – Global Travel Retail Director
J.Wray & Nephew Jamiaca – COO Int’l
CLWorldBrands – Group Sales Director
Pernod Ricard (Chivas Brothers)
Keeper of the Quaich
Favourite Cocktail 1919 Daiquiri (with a dash or two of Angostura Bitters)
Loves great cocktails and weekends with friends and family, sailing, skiing and rugby
Dimitri Belyavsky
PARTNER & REGIONAL DIRECTOR – EASTERN EUROPE
12 years + drinks experience – Russia, Baltics and Eastern Europe
Experience with Maxxium, Corona Extra, CLWorldBrands, DistellFavourite Cocktail ManhattanLoves socializing, travelling and exploring vibrant On-trade scenes, raising three lovely tots, enjoys art in its various expressionsBeatriz Marinho
BUSINESS ANALYST & SUPPORT
Kenneth Shand
BUSINESS ADVISOR
Ross Millar
REGIONAL MANAGER WEST CENTRAL & SOUTHERN EUROPE
Rachel Chinery
REGIONAL MANAGER ASIA, MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA
Marketing Manager
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Murray Anderson