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.
Born into the pub-trade and hailing from the picturesque Isle of Arran, Craig takes charge of Douglas Laing’s specialist brands, including Double Barrel and King of Scots.
Dale has worked (and played) in the alcohol industry for over a decade. Beginning his career behind a bar, Dale now plays a pivotal role in growing our business as European Regional Sales Manager.
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
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.
Coming from adminstrative and customer service background, June joined the Douglas Laing as Customer Service Coordinator in 2017.
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.
Mairi plays a pivotal role in supporting the marketing team at Douglas Laing with a particular focus on brand management, digital marketing, PR, event planning and more, all building on the skills learnt in her previous role at Whyte & MacKay.
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.
Born into the pub-trade and hailing from the picturesque Isle of Arran, Craig takes charge of Douglas Laing’s specialist brands, including Double Barrel and King of Scots.
Prior to joining the team, Craig was a student at Stirling University – where he obtained a Master’s degree in Marketing – and spent four and a half years at Linn Products, working in a range of markets across Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
Dale has worked (and played) in the alcohol industry for over a decade. Beginning his career behind a bar, Dale now plays a pivotal role in growing our business as European Regional Sales Manager.
Dale has worked (and played) in the alcohol business for over 10 years - his entire adult life. As for a lot of nippers, it started by selling drinks behind a bar or stand – everything from pulling pints at his local bar to leading teams to international Whisky tradeshows. He then progressed into marketing and account management in the beer game, spending over 6 years between Heineken and BrewDog. His time in beer spanned over 4 different roles ranging from sales support to managing national accounts and earned his stripes in the art of beer by gaining his Certified Cicerone® qualification.
Dale has now returned to his first love, Whisky, spreading his wings in an international sales role. He is driven by great independent companies, making unique and genuine quality products that positively drive forward their industry, which is why he says joining Douglas Laing was a no-brainer!
Outside of work, Dale generally juggles being a sports fanatic with trying to maintain a social life that he lost the ability to keep up with a few years ago.
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!
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.
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