Global Drinks Intel: What was your overriding takeaway from 2023?
Bacardi CEO Mahesh Madhavan: How fortunate we are at Bacardi. First, being family owned gives us a different perspective in times like these. While others are forced to look at what makes a difference in the short term, we continue to focus on what will drive long-term sustainable growth for the company.
Secondly, the breadth and depth of our portfolio means that as trends come and go and tailwinds turn to headwinds, we have leading brands that are known and loved for their quality and taste and consumers continue to choose
How will 2024 treat Bacardi? – CEO Mahesh Madhavan speaks exclusively to Global Drinks Intel
Closing our series of senior executive previews of 2024 is Bacardi’s CEO, Mahesh Madhavan, with his thoughts on the current operating environment for beverage alcohol.

Olly has been reporting on the beverage industry as a B2B journalist since 2003. He spent 18 years at Just Drinks, 16 of which as managing editor. Since joining Global Drinks Intel in 2022, he's interviewed the CEOs for brand owners including AB InBev, Campari Group, Carlsberg, Heineken and Suntory Global Spirits and has a bulging contacts book from across beverage alcohol worldwide.



