From Cask to bottle, our team treat every drop of Whisky as liquid gold. You’ll be challenged to find a more dedicated, passionate and driven team of exceptionally hard-working individuals.
Helen is our Yorkshire lass, who found herself in the drinks industry over 12 years ago and joined Douglas Laing & Co in June 2020.
Jamie manages our customer base in Scotland and the north of England
Jennifer joined Douglas Laing in August 2020 as HR Business Partner.
Joining the team in 2015, Jenny is responsible for leading the day-to-day activity of the marketing team, working across a wide variety of projects.
With a wide breadth of experience working within the drinks industry, Jillian is a valued member of the Douglas Laing accounts team.
Part of Douglas Laing team since 2019, John Hung represents our brands across various Asian markets. A cocktail expert and experienced bartender, John is a fantastic addition to our team.
With over 17 years of experience in the distillation and spirits, it's safe to say John is quite literally steeped in Whisky experience. Prior to his role as Head of Operations at Douglas Laing, John worked at noted firms, Tullibardine and Diageo.
Lindsay is Chris's right hand (wo)man and supports the sales team on a day to day basis with her impressive portfolio of commercial skills.
Margo has been a part of the Douglas Laing team since 2011. Prior to joining the wonderful world of Whisky, Margo earned her stripes in administrative roles.
Paul Wang, a Keeper of the Quaich, joined us in 2018 as our Asia Regional Sales Manager. His tenure in the industry spans 25 years, with his most recent experience gained working with the Glenfarclas brand in Taiwan.
Paul is among the longest standing members of the Douglas Laing team, playing a crucial role in systems analysis since 2004. His role has evolved dramatically during his time here, now encompassing software development, reporting and business analysis – when he’s not being harassed by colleagues with IT issues!
Scott joined Douglas Laing as Head of Sales EMEA in February 2020 following over 20 years in the UK drinks industry.
Helen is our Yorkshire lass, who found herself in the drinks industry over 12 years ago and joined Douglas Laing & Co in June 2020.
Helen is our Yorkshire lass, who found herself in the drinks industry over 12 years ago.
After being made redundant in the height of the Economic downturn of 2008, she left behind Sales and Marketing in the House Building world, for a much faster pace of working life, first in beer, and more recently in Scotch Whisky!
She joined Heineken on an initial 3 month contract and was still working in the throes of the Dutch Giant 8 years later.
After working a multitude of roles whilst there - spanning Sales Support, Project Management, Marketing, Business Development and lastly Regional Sales, she was approached by Whyte and Mackay, to join their On-Trade team and drive their growth within the Whisky category in 2017.
Whilst there, she grew the On-Trade Wholesale route-to-market channel and was quickly promoted to Key Account Manager, a role in which she developed hospitality relationships in Leeds, Manchester and Newcastle, before joining Douglas Laing & Co in the role of Business Development Manager (South England & Wales).
In her spare time, Helen can be found enjoying live music gigs and festivals, with her husband and their teenagers Jack and Gabe. She enjoys walking her dog – Peggy the Pug - and loves cooking and planning holidays!
Jennifer joined Douglas Laing in August 2020 as HR Business Partner.
Jennifer joined Douglas Laing in August 2020 as HR Business Partner. She has over 15 years’ experience in HR and first discovered her love for the drinks industry back in 2011 when she worked at Morrison Bowmore Distillers now known as Beam Suntory. Jennifer will support us with our People Plan which also includes the growth of the Douglas Laing family with the anticipated opening of the DL Campus.
Joining the team in 2015, Jenny is responsible for leading the day-to-day activity of the marketing team, working across a wide variety of projects.
Jenny joined Douglas Laing & Co in 2015, following a stretch as Digital Marketing Manager at Morrison Bowmore Distillers. There, she worked on online activation across Auchentoshan, Bowmore and Glen Garioch Single Malts, whilst learning the intricacies of the wonderful world of Whisky. Here at Douglas Laing, Jenny leads the day-to-day activity of Marketing team, working across packaging, digital, branded materials and a whole host of projects in between. Her spare time sees her exploring the islands of Scotland – the more remote, the better – and always with a dram of Big Peat in hand!
With a wide breadth of experience working within the drinks industry, Jillian is a valued member of the Douglas Laing accounts team.
Jillian joined the expanding team at Douglas Laing as Accounts Assistant in 2017. Jillian previously worked in the Accounts Payable department at Edrington-Beam Suntory which gave her a solid knowledge of the role she took on at Douglas Laing. Within her role here Jillian deals with Credit Control, Accounts Payable and supports Angela the Accounts Manager with other finance tasks as well as Health and Safety and Facilities Management. Recently Jillian has been studying and completed a Bookkeeping course in which she achieved Distinction.
With over 17 years of experience in the distillation and spirits, it's safe to say John is quite literally steeped in Whisky experience. Prior to his role as Head of Operations at Douglas Laing, John worked at noted firms, Tullibardine and Diageo.
John has more than 18 years’ experience in the Distillation/Whisky industry. Starting with a Bsc(Hons) Brewing and Distilling from Heriot-Watt university's International Centre for Brewing and Distilling (ICBD). John then spent 8 years at Diageo beginning as a Quality Control Analyst role at the now-closed Port Dundas Grain Distillery, then as a Site Ops Manager across Diageo's Speyside Malt Distilleries before moving to Bottling Leader at Shieldhall in Glasgow. He then led the redevelopment of Tullibardine Distillery including the building of warehouses and the installation of a bottling operation on site.
Scott joined Douglas Laing as Head of Sales EMEA in February 2020 following over 20 years in the UK drinks industry.
Starting his career at Tennent Caledonian Breweries in Glasgow, part of Bass Brewers at that time, after initially working in the independent on trade channel he soon found himself in the off-trade where he would go on to hold numerous senior sales positions for Bass, Interbrew, InBev and finally Anheuser Busch InBev, before leaving in April 2013.
His next career move was to start his own company consulting for numerous businesses in the craft beer and gin sector and that is where he first met Alan Mahon of Brewgooder, the craft beer on a mission to provide 1,000,000 people with clean drinking water.
While consulting for Brewgooder in 2017 he was then asked to join the business full time, which he did, as Commercial Director. He would remain there for over 2 years and drive the growth and impact of that business by over 500% before leaving in February 2020 to join the Douglas Laing family.
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