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34ab7-gb-direct-wines-limited
Category
Wine and Distilled Alcoholic Beverages
Liquor Stores
Articles
2021-01-07 (thegrocer.co.uk)
Gates previously ran BrewDog's spirits business
Read more
2021-01-05 (thedrinksbusiness.com)
Direct Wines appoints ex BrewDog and Diageo exec as new CEO
5th January, 2021 by Arabella Mileham
Direct Wines has appointed David Gates, a former Diageo senior exec, who more recently headed up BrewDog’s spirits arm, as its new CEO. Gates has
Read more
2018-05-23 (just-food.com)
UK meatpacking and seafood processor Hilton Food Group has carried out an extensive executive re-shuffling exercise that sees chief operating officer Philip Heffer become CEO.
Read more
2017-10-03 (thedrinksbusiness.com)
Berry Bros and Rudd has bolstered its buying team with the appointment of Direct Wines’ Davy Zyw to head up its Italian wine buying. Zyw has spent the last four years at Direct Wines, where he was a global wine buyer, responsible for wine and champagne .
Read more
2017-06-22 (theretailbulletin.com)
Majestic Wine has promoted Cat Lomax to the position of head of buying. Lomax joined Majestic in 2016 as senior buyer after stints at Waitrose and… View Article FOOD& DRINK Majestic names new head of buying 22 June, 2017| by The Retail Bulletin
Read more
2017-03-13 (bbc.co.uk)
The rise and fall and rise again of wine entrepreneur Rowan Gormley, the boss of Naked Wines and Majestic Wine.
Read more
2016-12-16 (thedrinksbusiness.com)
Berry Bros. and Rudd has appointed Direct Wines’ head of wine as its new buying director. Abi Hirshfeld will join the team in January, where she will oversee buying and supply management across the group, including its subsidiary Field, Morris& Verdin– although Fine Wine buying will continue under
Read more
2016-07-06 (thedrinksbusiness.com)
London fine wine merchant Berry Bros. & Rudd has announced the appointment of Kevin Hanley as its operations, logistics and IT director.
Read more
2015-01-06 (thedrinksbusiness.com)
David Thatcher is to take over from Simon McMurtrie as group chief executive of mail order business Direct Wines on 19 January.
Read more