Heaven Hill Manufacturers Elevates Third Technology of Household Management; CMO Kate Latts and COO Allan Latts Named Co-Presidents
Longstanding President Max Shapira to Function Government Chairman
BARDSTOWN, KY, JUNE 27, 2022 — Heaven Hill, America’s largest impartial, family-owned and led distilled spirits provider, celebrates the succession of its third technology of household management with the appointment of Kate Latts and Allan Latts as co-Presidents, efficient September 1. Present President Max L. Shapira will probably be assuming the brand new position of Government Chairman.
Since becoming a member of the corporate in 2001, Kate and Allan have been transformational leaders driving Heaven Hill’s accelerated progress. Of their new roles as co-presidents, they are going to proceed to pursue Heaven Hill’s strategic progress plans and company imaginative and prescient working collaboratively on all key choices. Max will transition everyday operational oversight of the enterprise to Kate and Allan.
“Over the previous twenty years, I’ve been proud to look at Kate and Allan develop and grow to be roles of management and elevated accountability,” stated Max L. Shapira. “They’ve added immeasurably to the corporate’s successes and constructed a basis for future generations. They carry the fervour for this enterprise that has been a trademark of our firm for 85 plus years. I’m extremely assured one of the best is but to come back.”
Max joined the household enterprise in 1970 after a stint on Wall Road. He had the chance to work alongside his father Ed Shapira, finally succeeding him in management of the corporate in 1986. Below Max’s management, Heaven Hill developed into a world firm with an award-winning portfolio of manufacturers throughout a broad vary of product classes and is now one of many business’s largest and most profitable corporations. In his new position of Government Chairman, he’ll present partnership and counsel on the strategic path of the enterprise in addition to actively leverage his in depth relationships and business expertise in help of the corporate’s long-term progress targets.
Kate Latts, Max’s daughter, and her husband, Allan Latts, joined Heaven Hill in 2001. After finishing their undergraduate and MBA levels at Duke College, Kate and Allan then joined Procter & Gamble with careers in advertising and finance, respectively. As we speak, Kate leads the corporate’s advertising and model administration capabilities as Chief Advertising and marketing Officer. Allan serves as Chief Working Officer, overseeing operations, the corporate’s company capabilities, technique and the newly acquired Samson & Surrey division.
“Allan and I are proud to imagine the management of Heaven Hill with full data of our generational accountability. My dad, grandfather and his brothers constructed an organization with an everlasting legacy of household and independence that’s more and more distinctive in distilled spirits,” stated Kate Latts. “With the help of our unbelievable group, we’re as dedicated as ever to preserving these qualities and making certain our success for generations to come back.”
Heaven Hill will instantly start its search to establish a brand new Chief Advertising and marketing Officer, whereas the Chief Working Officer place is not going to be backfilled.
About Heaven Hill Manufacturers
Based in 1935, Bardstown, KY -based Heaven Hill Manufacturers (www.heavenhill.com) is the nation’s largest impartial, family-owned and led spirits producer and marketer and the world’s second-largest holder of Kentucky Bourbon. Heaven Hill’s diversified portfolio of manufacturers contains Evan Williams, Elijah Craig, Larceny, and Henry McKenna Bourbons; Rittenhouse Rye Whisky; Deep Eddy Vodka; Admiral Nelson’s Rum; Black Velvet Canadian Whisky; Lunazul Tequila; HPNOTIQ Liqueur; Carolans Irish Cream Liqueur, plus the newly-acquired Samson & Surrey portfolio.
Heaven Hill reminds you to “Assume Correctly. Drink Correctly.”
