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Espey (B.Com, MBA & PhD). James Espey spent most of his career in the liquor industry, starting in Sales & Marketing in South Africa before holding a number of senior international management positions. He retired as Chairman of Seagram Distillers plc and President of the Chivas and Glenlivet Group in 1998. From 1986-1992 he was with United Distillers (Guinness plc), last as President of United Distillers North America. He was with International Distillers & Vintners Ltd (Grand Metropolitan PLC) from 1970 to 1986 and was Executive Chairman of IDV UK Limited from 1982 - 1986 after having been IDV Group Marketing Director from 1977-1982 with specific global responsibility for new product development e.g. Baileys, Piat D’Or and Malibu. |
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His background is in marketing and brand creation. He is a founder and past chairman of The Keepers of the Quaich - Scotland's leading international Whisky Society. He has held non-executive positions with a number of interesting companies and has recently retired from Fullers Smith & Turner plc and Mimecast Limited. He is the senior non-executive director at A G Barr plc and is a non-executive director and consultant with Whyte & Mackay. In 2007, with two friends and former colleagues he created The Last Drop Distillers Ltd. to market very rare and old, limited edition Scotch whisky - www.lastdropdistillers.com | ||||
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