Dear Client:As WSD reported this morning, Pernod Ricard USA announced that Alain Barbet, currently president and chief of Pernod USA, has been named chairman and ceo, Pernod Ricard Americas, effective July 1, 2008.Barbet replaces Michel Bord, who has been named deputy managing director, Pernod Ricard, in charge of the company’s global distribution network. Barbet's successor at Pernod Ricard USA will be Paul Duffy, formerly chairman and ceo, Irish Distillers. Duffy will be based at Pernod Ricard USA headquarters in Purchase,
