Bacardi is lining up the return of Leila Stansfield to its Global Travel Retail business, five years after leaving the division.
Stansfield, the company’s current on-trade sales director in the UK, will take the lead for GTR operations in January when she becomes the unit’s MD. Incumbent Vinay Golikeri, who has held the role since April 2019, is set to head back to India, where he worked in marketing for four years, “& Neighbouring Countries” to be the MD for the region.
Just over four years after joining Bacardi as corporate strategy director, Stansfield entered the GTR business at the start of 2015. She remained with the division until mid-2017, rising to become global marketing director, before heading to Bermuda to be VP of strategy at Bacardi’s headquarters. The UK on-premise has been her focus since the start of last year.
Last month, Bacardi poached Unilever’s chief procurement officer to lead its supply chain operations.
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