Global Drinks Intel: What do you do at Bacardi and how long have you been doing it for?
Brenda Fiala, VP of strategy, insights & data analytics at Bacardi: I lead the strategic insights & analytics team, which is based around the world and is embedded both in Bacardi's brand and regional teams. We have a small group we call ‘future forces of growth' that looks to create foresight across the industry. I’ve also got a team that looks at marketing performance - how effectively and efficiently we’re delivering our advertising and promotion.
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‘Forget demographics. It’s about psychographics’ – Bacardi’s global VP of strategy, insights & data analytics, Brenda Fiala, speaks to Global Drinks Intel
Relatively speaking, Brenda Fiala is a newbie in the beverage alcohol industry, having joined Bacardi in late 2016. Global Drinks Intel spent an insightful hour in her company earlier this month to learn more about… insights.

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.



