Beam Suntory Names New North America President

Dear Client:Beam Suntory announced this morning the appointment of Carlo Coppola as president North America, effective April 29. He succeeds Jessica Spence, "who has decided to pursue other opportunities outside the company," per release. You may recall, Jessica took over the position about a year ago from Greg Hughes, who is now global ceo. Carlo was most recently president of American whiskey & tequila where he oversaw the P&L for Beam's priority bourbon brands and its tequila portfolio. Prior to that, he