“I’m very a lot wanting ahead to this new function at Royal Dutch Distillers, and continued partnership with Blue Ridge Wine and Spirits. Collectively we’ll construct upon the earlier development of Royal Dutch Distillers’ portfolio in america, and take the manufacturers to the subsequent stage,” says Brian Thomas.
Brian brings over 20 years of business expertise in gross sales, importation, and distributor administration in all markets via america. He began at RDD because the Illinois Market Supervisor in 2016, and was quickly awarded bigger tasks within the Midwest, and have become Director of Gross sales Western U.S. in 2018. In 2019, he was named Director of Gross sales of the U.S.
“I’m more than happy that we had been in a position to recruit our long-time Gross sales Director Brian Thomas for the place of COO. Brian not solely understands our firm very effectively, but additionally has a deep information of america spirit market. I’m satisfied that he’ll additional increase the success of our manufacturers within the U.S. by following our international imaginative and prescient to ‘Personal the Cocktail,’” shares Mark de Witte, CEO of De Kuyper Royal Distillers.
The family-owned international firm De Kuyper Royal Distillers, well-known from the worldwide market-leading model in cocktail liqueurs, brings in additional than 325 years of experience in creating prime quality liqueurs. The Dutch Distiller persistently pursues its imaginative and prescient to “Personal the Cocktail” and allows everybody to take pleasure in nice cocktails each time. Being among the many world’s main liqueur distilleries, curiosity and fervour for the distilled product are the fixed driving power behind progressive and profitable new product developments. The household enterprise acquired the celebrated “Liqueur Producer of the Yr” award from the internationally main ISC in 2022 for the fourth 12 months in a row subsequent to many trophies and awards for his or her spirits and liqueurs.
Royal Dutch Distillers is a 100% subsidiary of De Kuyper Royal Distillers headquartered in Schiedam (The Netherlands). RDD specializes within the gross sales and advertising and marketing of ultra-premium, bartender-focused spirits and cream-based wines comparable to Mandarine Napoléon, the wealthy and distinctive mixture of mandarin and cognac, since 1892, Heering Cherry Liqueur, bartender’s alternative with greater than 200-years of historical past, Rutte gin and genever, Fiorito Limoncello, Bébo Cuban Espresso Liqueur and America’s well-known ChocoVine vary.
