The CFO of Pernod Ricard’s EMEA & Latin America division is returning to the UK, this time as MD, replacing outgoing head David Haworth.
Julia Massies, who has been with the group since 2001, will replace Haworth when he retires at the end of August. The appointment marks the start of a second stint at Pernod Ricard UK for Massies, following five years as the unit’s finance director between 2009 and 2014.
Having spent seven years as VP of financial communication & investor relations, Massies was promoted to the finance lead for EMEA & LATAM in late 2021.
Haworth, meanwhile, has spent 34 years with Pernod Ricard, including sessions as regional CEO for the likes of Czech & Slovak, Greece & Turkey and Germany & Austria. After four years as Western Europe CEO from 2014 to 2018, he was appointed UK MD in early 2019.
In results for the first nine months of fiscal 2023, which runs to the end of June, Pernod Ricard last month reported a 7.6% year-on-year lift in sales. The rise came despite a 2.3% top-line decline in the quarter to March.
