Suntory Global Spirits’ CEO, Greg Hughes, is next up in Global Drinks Intel’s exclusive series of interviews looking back at last year and ahead to 2025.
What was your overriding takeaway from 2024?
While 2024 was a challenging year for spirits overall, we’ve continued to drive growth in our priority markets and categories like Asia Pacific and ready-to-drink (RTDs), delivering value in the key focus areas in our portfolio. We’ve seen some positive momentum in the second half of the year because of our premiumisation strategy and competitive advantage in Japanese whisky, American whisk
How will 2025 treat Suntory Global Spirits? – CEO Greg Hughes speaks exclusively to Global Drinks Intel
‘If we don’t protect the integrity of our categories, … we will lose trust with consumers.’

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.


