William Grant & Sons (WGS) has appointed Matthew Williams as Regional Director for Asia Pacific Global Travel Retail, effective January.
Williams joined from Amer Sports Corporation, where he worked as Regional Sales Director (VP) Asia Pacific. Prior to that, Williams held various commercial leadership roles with Diageo across its Australian, UK, global and Asia Pacific business units. Most recently he was Commercial Director at Shui Jing Fang in Chengdu.
Williams commented: “I am absolutely delighted to be back in the spirits business and could not ask for a more dynamic, innovative and exciting company to be working with than William Grant & Sons.
“Travel retail is a new channel for me but I am confident that my skill set will enable me to bring fresh thinking to the table. I am very much looking forward to my new role with William Grant & Sons and very pleased to be back in Singapore.”
Matthew reports directly to WGS Travel Retail Managing Director Ed Cottrell. “We are absolutely delighted to have Matt join the team,” said Cottrell. “His impressive résumé gives me the utmost confidence that he will prove to be a strong contributor to our travel retail business as well as a valuable member of my Senior Leadership Team.”
