Mark Reese

Mark has over 40 years of experience working in spirits sales and marketing globally. He started his career in 1980 at Seagrams where he spent 8 years running sales across California before joining William Grant & Sons where he spent 18 years responsible for the Southeast Region, managing 18 wholesalers selling brands including Glenfiddich and Balvenie. Mark was also involved in bringing Hendricks Gin to market in 1999. Mark then spent 5 years at Constellation Brands where he was responsible for scaling Svedka Vodka from 800k cases to over 3.5m before joining Erdington in 2013 to run Strategic Accounts. He is now VP of Monkey in Paradise Premium Vodka, a startup premium vodka brand in the US.