Commercial Leadership Appointments

AG Barr strengthen its commercial operations with three strategic appointments.

In newly created roles, reporting to Chief Commercial Officer, Dino Labbate, the company will welcome Clara Shand as Managing Director of Out of Home and International; Kieran McGrath as Managing Director of Digital, Innovation and Commercial Growth and James Quemby as Sales Director of Retail.

Clara joins AG Barr from C&C Group where she spent 12 years in commercial roles, most recently as Director of Strategy and Planning. Kieran draws on over a decade of brand and retail insight from his previous commercial roles at Heineken, Britvic and most recently, Stonegate, the UK’s leading pub company. Finally, James Quemby, brings a wealth of FMCG experience from Britvic, Red Star Brands, and Burton's Biscuits which has equipped him with a deep understanding of retail dynamics and aligning business needs with market demands.

All three roles will sit alongside existing Marketing Director Lucy Henderson and Sales Director Paul Barker. The upweighting of the commercial function, combined with the experience of the current team, reflects both AG Barr's ambitious growth plans, while also simplifying its operating model.