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Top Job For Spriet At Pernod UK
Jean-Manuel Spriet has been appointed CEO of Pernod Ricard UK. He takes over from Paul Duffy who has been appointed CEO at Irish Distillers, one of Pernod Ricard’s key brand-owning companies.
Spriet has held senior positions with Pernod Ricard brand owner and sales and marketing companies, as well as the Holding Group since joining the company in 1990. He has spent the last three years as CEO of Jan Becher, the leading importer of spirits in the Czech Republic. Prior to this, Spriet was finance and administration director at Orangina, Pernod Ricard’s soft drinks business based in Aix en Provence in France.
He then returned to the Pernod Ricard Holding Group in Paris in 1998 as deputy finance director when Pernod Ricard announced its strategic decision to sell Orangina and refocus on its core business with the part acquisition of Seagram’s portfolio.
Before returning to France, Spriet moved to Adelaide, Australia in 1993 as finance and administration director at Orlando Wyndham, the heart of Pernod Ricard’s wine business, which includes Jacob’s Creek and Wyndham Estate wines. Spriet’s task will be to lead the company’s 200 employees in growing its share of the UK wine and spirits market.