Felipe Szpigel To Build New “Beyond Beer” A-B Venture

Dear Client:BBD has learned that Felipe Szpigel, longtime head of A-B's craft unit, is moving on to head some mysterious new "drinks venture," most likely in A-B's "Beyond Beer" realm, which includes brands like Hiball, Teavana and FMBs like Ritas and SpikedSeltzer. Whatever it is, he'll reportedly build it from the ground up. Word has it he'll be based in Miami.His replacement? Marcelo "Mika" Michaelis, who has been region 7 sales VP (including California, Nevada, Arizona) for the last year