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Chapel Down boss named new Timothy Taylor’s CEO
Andrew Carter, the CEO of Kent-based wine giant Chapel Down, will be swapping traditional method sparkling wine for cask ale as he prepares to take the helm at Yorkshire brewery Timothy Taylor’s.
It has been announced that Carter will be stepping down from his role as Chapel Down CEO in the first half of 2025 after three years at the producer.
He will be filling the vacancy at Timothy Taylor’s once current CEO Tim Dewey, who has been in the role for 10 years, retires in March.
Brewery chairman Tim Clarke said: “The Board are extremely grateful to Tim Dewey for all that he has achieved over the past decade, in developing the business through a sustained focus on sales and marketing as well as investment in brewing quality, including the current £9m capital programme at the Knowle Spring Brewery.”
“In that time, our leading brand, Landlord, has grown from number eight in the cask ale market to recently achieving the number one position by value in the category,” Clarke continued. “We are delighted that he will be succeeded by Andrew Carter, who also has an extensive and proven record in the development of premium drinks brands.
Prior to joining Chapel Down in 2021, Carter was managing director of Chase Distillery in Hereford, CCO at Treasury Wine Estates, and spent lengthy stints at Bacardí and Heineken.
“Since 1858 Taylor’s have been producing outstanding quality cask ales and I am looking forward to tackling the category challenges and building the position of Timothy Taylor’s as the number one cask ale brand in the UK,’ commented Carter. “Tim has done an excellent job, supported by a strong leadership team and Board. It is going to be great to work with them to create the next chapter in the successful development of the Company.”
Carter leaves his post at Chapel Down amid a difficult time for the producer, with its results released earlier this week revealing that its pre-tax profits had plummeted from £2.4 million to just £40,000 in six months. Carter said that the “strategic and operational progress with robust trading” was “offset by some challenges in the off-trade, predominantly caused by one-off factors”.
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