MGP Ingredients hires clutch of industry veterans in bid to spur growth

US distilling institution MGP Ingredients has hired 4 drinks manufacture veterans, successful a bid to "accelerate growth".

Announcing the appointments of Tom Neiheisel, Sol Clahane, Marilyn Chen and David Sanders yesterday (28 July), the institution said the determination aims to "strengthen its commercialized and selling excellence" successful its Distilling Solutions and Branded Spirits segments arsenic good arsenic "the institution arsenic a whole".

Neiheisel has been appointed the group's vice president of income successful its Distilling Solutions segment, which produces spirits for different businesses.

It is simply a portion of MGP that has felt a unit connected income successful caller quarters.

In MGP's 2nd 4th results, released contiguous (29 July), the radical saw income successful Distilling Solutions tumble 42% twelvemonth connected twelvemonth to $29.2m.

In its archetypal 4th results, issued astatine the extremity of April, the aforesaid conception recorded a 40% driblet successful income connected the erstwhile year, astatine $28m.

Neiheisel has much than 20 years of "commercial and operational excellence", MGP said. His inheritance includes elder roles astatine Pernod Ricard's US business, arsenic good arsenic astatine Diageo and Brown-Forman, successful areas specified arsenic bulk sales, declaration distillation and operations.

At MGP, Neiheisel volition caput the Distilling Solutions commercialized team, holding work for income strategy, lawsuit engagement and concern development.

Sol Clahane has been named the group's managing manager of nationalist accounts. Similarly to Neiheisel, Clahane's acquisition successful the beverage-alcohol industry, which spans much than 30 years, besides includes erstwhile elder roles astatine Pernod's US concern and Brown-Forman.

She volition oversee nationalist concatenation sales, some on- and off-premise, for MGP's branded spirits portfolio.

Her remit includes gathering partnerships successful underdeveloped nationalist accounts and channels portion pushing maturation crossed the portfolio.

Marilyn Chen has been named marque manager for MGP's Penelope Bourbon brand, joining from Suntory Global Spirits, wherever she was US marque director.

The whiskey and vodka distiller said she volition signifier Penelope Bourbon's "strategic vision", oversee selling and innovation, grow the marque ambassador programme and make caller selling capabilities.

David Sanders joins the radical arsenic vice president of fiscal readying & analysis. He brings much than 18 years of concern and strategical readying acquisition from Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits, PepsiCo and Bimbo Bakeries, MGP said.

He volition caput concern and gross maturation absorption crossed the company.

MGP's CEO Julie Francis said the caller hires "further fortify our enactment arsenic we execute our semipermanent maturation strategy".