Funkin

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Ben Anderson
Marketing Director
Ian Taylor
Ian Taylor
Sales Director
Andrew King
Andrew King
Executive Chairman
Iantindall
Ian Tindall
Supply Chain Manager
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Sui Tsang
Finance Director
Caroline Hipperson
Caroline Hipperson
Managing Director
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Ben Anderson
Marketing Director

Ben joined the Funkin business in 2015 as Head of Marketing, having previously worked on a range of beverage brands across AG Barr, Rubicon and Tetley. In 2018 Ben became Funkin's Marketing Director.

Ian Taylor
Ian Taylor
Sales Director

Ian joined Funkin in 2016, having previously worked in the spirits industry with ILLVA Saronno, Pernod Ricard and Bacardi.

Andrew King
Andrew King
Executive Chairman

Co-founder of the Funkin business, Andrew joined as CEO in 2006 and helped the business achieve rapid sales growth before it became part of the AG Barr Group. In 2018 Andrew became Funkin's Executive Chairman. 

Iantindall
Ian Tindall
Supply Chain Manager

Ian joined the Funkin business in 2012 having previously worked in operations on Suso beverages with Andrew King.

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Sui Tsang
Finance Director

Sui previously worked in the luxury goods market, including Kate Spade & Company and Hermes International before joining Funkin in 2020.

Caroline Hipperson
Caroline Hipperson
Managing Director

Caroline has recently taken over the leadership of FUNKIN Cocktails, the UK’s no.1
cocktail brand, with the mission of bringing Bar Quality Cocktails to People Anytime -
Anywhere. Being a rapidly growing business, Caroline’s brief is to step change growth
even faster, in the UK and beyond, moving the company from a start-up to a scale-up.
Caroline is a brand builder as background and has 25 years of Marketing expertise in
Drinks and FMCG and has built some of the world’s best known and loved brands to
great success. Prior to her current company, Caroline has been the CMO for wellness
retailer Holland & Barret, CMO at snack company pladis in the UK and held Global
Senior leadership positions on world famous brands such as BACARDI, Martini, Carlsberg
and Lucozade.
Caroline is well known for her ability to turn around ‘dusty’ brands and make them
relevant again for today’s consumers, as well as building new brands from the ground
up. Her passion lies with truly understanding consumer behaviour and leveraging this
deep-rooted insight into brilliance in execution and commercial success.