Distil announces Mike Keiller to its Board as Independent Director

– UK, London –  Distil plc (LON: DIS) today announced the appointment of Mike Keiller to its Board as an Independent Non-executive Director with effect from 1 July 2021.

About Mike Keiller

Mike brings a wealth of experience to the business. Having begun his career as a chartered accountant, Mike went on to hold senior finance and business change roles at Guinness plc, United Distillers Europe, and Diageo plc in its early development stage.

Continuing this experience of business transformation, Mike joined Suntory owned Morrison Bowmore Distillers Ltd as CEO in 2000, developing a vision and strategy which converted the business from bulk whisky supplier to a strongly profitable consumer brand marketing-led business with globally acclaimed single malts. He retired from full-time management in 2014 after assisting Suntory with the integration of their acquisition of Beam Inc. Following this, from 2015 to 2018, Mike was a Non-executive Director of The Last Drop Distillers Ltd which was sold to The Sazerac Corporation in 2017.

About Distil

Distil Plc is quoted on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange. It owns drinks brands in several sectors of the alcoholic drinks market. These include premium spiced rum, vodka, gin, vodka vanilla cream liqueur and are called RedLeg Spiced Rum, Blackwoods Vintage Gin, Blackwoods Vodka, Blavod Original Black Vodka, Trøve Botanical Spirit, Diva Vodka, and Jago’s Vanilla Cream Liqueur.

For more information: https://www.distil.uk.com/

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