Market Watch, March 1, 2017

mwON THE MOVEConstellation Brands has appointed Bill Newlands to the newly created post of COO Newlands joined Constellation in 2015 and has been serving as president of the companys wine and spirits division In his new role hell oversee the beer divi sion as well Constellation also promoted Chris Stenzel from senior vice president of finance for the beer division to execu tive vice president of the wine and spirits division Stenzel has been with the compa ny since 2008 Meanwhile Ben Dollard will transition to the role of senior vice president and international chief market ing officer for the wine and spirits division reporting to Stenzel Dollard joined Constellation in 2001 and was most recently chief growth officer Finally Jared Fix has assumed the role of senior vice president and chief growth officer Fix had been chief marketing officer of Constella tions wine and spirits division since join ing the company in 2015 Rémy Cointreau has named Sarah Long as senior vice president and chief market ing officer replacing Mark Breene who has been appointed CEO of Westland Distillery Long joined the company in 2014 as vice president of marketing for Cointreau liqueur and spirits Rémy also appointed Simon Coughlin as CEO of its newly created whisky business unit Coughlin previously CEO of Bruichlad dich Distillery Co which Rémy acquired in 2012 assumes the new post as the French marketer augments its whisky busi ness with the recent acquisitions of the Domaine des Hautes Glaces and Westland distilleries In addition Douglas Taylor formerly global brand director of Bruichladdich will become CEO of Bruichladdich Distillery Co and Frédéric Revol will remain in his role as CEO of the Domaine des Hautes Glaces Former Stoli Group CEO Rob Cullins has joined Perfect Brands Capital Partners PBCP as global spirits director Before his position at Stoli Cullins held roles with Heritage Brands Maxxium Worldwide and Shaw Ross International Importers PBCP markets Perfect vodka and the Airtab app Tony Terlato II has joined Terlato Wines as Illinois regional manager for the premier division Terlato the son of Terlato Wines CEO Bill Terlato and grandson of company chairman Tony Terlato was previously with New Yorks Empire Merchants He will report to Philip Tardy vice president of sales for Terlato Wines central division Martin Roper The Boston Beer Co s longtime CEO announced in February that he will retire in 2018 Roper has led the company since 2001 when cofounder Jim Koch became chairman At press time the company had yet to name a replacement Ste Michelle Wine Estates has promoted several members of its sales team Robert Dakovich has been promoted to the role of national director for Southern Glazers Wine Spirits charged with managing Ste Michelles business with the distribu tor nationally Dakovich was previously division manager for the western region Keith Gosda currently senior director for the eastern region has been named vice president for the Midwest region Gosda succeeds Tom Patinella whos retiring after 23 years with the company Jon Wolf currently the companys division manager for Texas Oklahoma Louisiana and Mississippi is being promoted to managing director for the Midwest region while also assuming responsibility for overseeing Ste Michelles relationship with Republic National Distributing Co as national coordinator Shaw Ross International Importers has appointed two new vice presidents to its U S sales team Dan Hansen Jr previ ously western division manager with Palm Bay International has been named vice president of Shaw Rosss western region Meanwhile Andy Halpern formerly pres ident of Glazers Texas has been appointed vice president of the importers central region Shaw Ross simultaneously made seven additional appointments to its nationwide management team mwSusannah Skiver BartonBill NewlandsTonyTerlato IISarah LongRob Cullins96 MARKET WATCH MARKETWATCHMAG COM MARCH 2017MW0317_