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
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who we are

We 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, MIDDLE EAST & ASIA

12 years + drinks experience – Russia, Baltics and Eastern Europe
Experience with Maxxium, Corona Extra, CLWorldBrands, Distell
Favourite Cocktail Manhattan
Loves socializing, travelling and exploring vibrant On-trade scenes, raising three lovely tots, enjoys art in its various expressions

Beatriz Marinho

BUSINESS ANALYST

Kenneth Shand

BUSINESS ADVISOR

Kim Carrol

FINANCE & OPERATIONS SPECIALIST

Jack Dalton

REGIONAL MANAGER - WEST, CENTRAL & SOUTHERN EUROPE

Luca Celardo

BRAND AMBASSADOR
- EUROPE

Paul Cunningham

BRAND AMBASSADOR
- SCOTLAND

Kirstie Kerr

DIGITAL & BRAND ASSOCIATE

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