thomas hurst

founder and chief executive officer

About

Contact me at tom@rockstarspirits.co.uk

Country

united kingdom

City

manchester

Industry

wine and spirits

Skill

alcoholic beverages, fmcg, beer, trade marketing, brand management, wine, management, brand development, food, pricing, brand awareness, wine tasting, key account development, shopper marketing, wine and spirits industry, beverage industry, customer insight, market planning, brand equity, marketing management, key account management, categorization, international marketing, bartending, food and beverage, fast moving consumer goods, rum, account management

Experience

business manager

william grant & sons

2005-8 - 2012-4 · 6 yrs 9 mos

Managed and grew On Trade Wholesale accounts across the business over my seven years with FDB. Customers included Matthew Clark, Carlsberg, Coors, Venus, Coes, Bibendum, LWC, NDD all the major on trade players. Brands seeded and grown during my time with FDB included Sailor Jerry, Hendricks, Russian Standard, Monkey Shoulder & Louis XIII

customer development manager

heineken entreprise

2003-2 - 2005-8 · 2 yrs 7 mos

Driving Growth and Distribution of S&N brands throughout the enterprise estate,

senior national account manager

charles wells

2017-4 - 2017-8 · 5 mos

senior national account manager

global brands limited

2017-9 - 2018-9 · 1 yr 1 mo

founder and chief executive officer

rockstar spirits

2018-11 - Present · 7 yrs 11 mos

signature brands team gaffer and creator old j spiced rum and swo cider

lwc drinks ltd

2012-4 - 2017-4 · 5 yrs 1 mo

I manage the Signature Brands P&L at LWC. I am always looking for new markets for my products so please get in touch if you are interested in becoming a distributor for any of our brands - tom.hurst@lwc-drinks.co.uk http://www.lwc-drinks.co.uk/brands.html