Jaye Iwanowski

Jaye Iwanowski is the Director of Identity Drinks Brands Ltd. Those in her network, are familiar with my infectious passion and enthusiasm for working in the spirits industry. A few decades in, she has successfully driven the brand equity of products such as Plantation rum, Crystal Head vodka and Funkin, she possesses an irrefutable network Read more…

Kathy Caton

Kathy Caton is Co-Founder of Brighton’s first (legal!) distillery, bringing the multiple award-winning Brighton Gin to the city and beyond. Brighton obsessive with a passion for good food, drink, arts and culture. When not making gin, she can be found broadcasting and podcasting – currently live on BBC Radio Sussex Read more…

Pal Gleed

Pal Gleed is recently appointed Director General of the Gin Guild, an experienced Digital Marketing Manager with a creative eye and experience, and has an enthusiastic ‘let’s try it’ attitude, is known for outside the box thinking and excellent communication and IT skills.

Rosie Milsom

Rosie Milsom is Head of NPD (New Product Development) at Atom Brands, with a demonstrated history of working in the spirits industry. Self-confessed packaging geek and flavour enthusiast, delighted by beauty, functionality and taste. Rosie has more than eight years of dedicated service at Atom, taking ideas from simple concepts Read more…

Ian Wisneiwski

Ian Wisniewski is a food, drink and travel writer and broadcaster, specialising in spirits, particularly whisky and especially Scotch whisky. He is the author of three books on whisky, including Classic Malt Whisky, and contributes to various publications including Whisky Magazine, Whisky Quarterly and Malt Whisky Yearbook, and was a contributor to Michael Jackson’s encyclopaedic book, Whisky. Read more…

Alan Powell

Alan Powell is a former HMRC Policy official who liberalized much of excise law/policy when in the Department, including correct reasonable application by HMCE of its policy on “under-sized” stills for the licensing of distillers and innovated the “trade facility” excise warehouse concept.  Since leaving the Department almost 20 years ago, Read more…

Ben Marston

Ben Marston is a Director and Distiller of fie year old Puddingstone Distillery based in Hertfordshire and home of multi award winning Campfire gin. Ben is particularly knowledgeable about sustainability in distilling and eco packaging. He also has experience in marketing, working with Tring Brewery.