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Organising Committee

 


 

 

Robert Fotheringham
WDSC Committee Chair
Chief Chemist
Chivas Brothers Ltd
Glen Keith Technical Centre
Glen Keith Distillery
Banffshire, AB55 5BU, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1542 783102/3
Mob: +44 (0) 7884114018
E-mail:
robert.fotheringham@chivas.com

Simon Jackson 
Executive Director
Institute of Brewing and Distilling
33 Clarges Street, London
W1J 7EE, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 207 4998144
E-mail:
simon.jackson@ibd.org.uk
 




Douglas Murray
WDSC Programme Committee Chair
Process Technology Manager
Diageo Scotland Ltd 
Distilled and Matured Spirits
Technical Centre Europe
Menstrie, FK11 7ES, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1259 766867
Mob: +44 (0) 7803855507
E-mail:
Douglas.murray@diageo.com 

  



Alison Galbraith
WDSC Social Programme Chair
Manager, Health, Safety
and Skills
The Scotch Whisky
Association
Edinburgh, EH3 8HF, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 131 2229200
E-mail:
agalbraith@swa.org.uk

Mark Kinsman
WDSC Sponsorship Committe Chair
Distilling Customer Manager
Bairds Malt
Longman Road
Inverness, IV1 1SL, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1463 227601
E-mail:
mark.kinsman@bairds-malt.co.uk

Tim Dolan 
WDSC Publicity
Secretary, Scottish Section
Institute of Brewing &
Distilling
7 Linn Brae, Aberlour,
AB38 9PH, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1340 871206
E-mail:
tim.dolan@btinternet.com

  

 

 

 Richard Beattie
WDSC Sponsorship Committee Member 
Portgordon Malting
Portgordon
Banffshire
AB56 5BU, UK
Tel: +44 (0)1542 850344/5
Mob: +44 (0) 7771954205
E-mail:
richard.beattie@crispmalt.com

Brian Eaton
WDSC Social Committe Member
BE Inspired
46 Fir Park
Tillicoultry
FK13 6PJ, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1259 751082
E-mail:
b.eaton@tiscali.co.uk

Ian Goodall
WDSC Programme Committee Member
Senior Scientist (Product Protection)
The Scotch Whisky Research
Institute
Edinburgh, EH14 4AP, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 131 449 8900
E-mail:
ian.goodall@swri.co.uk

  
    

 

   

 Nigel Harlow
WDSC Programme Committee Member

Project Leader
Briggs of Burton plc
Derby Street, Burton upon Trent
Staffordshire, DE14 2LH, UK
Tel: +44 (0)1283 566661
Mobile: +44 (0)7771 706724
E-mail
 nigel.harlow@briggsplc.co.uk

Paul Hughes
WDSC Programme Committee Member

Director ICBD
International Centre for
Brewing & Distilling
Heriot Watt University
Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 131 451 3183
E-mail:
p.s.hughes@hw.ac.uk
 

Stephanie Macleod
WDSC Social Committee Member
Master Blender
John Dewar & Sons Ltd,
Glasgow, G32 8XR, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 141 551 4000
E-mail:
smacleod@bacardi.com

    

 

Jane Millar
Programme Committe Member/
Technical Visits
Technical Team Leader
William Grant & Sons Distillers Ltd

Grangestone Industrial Estate
Girvan, Ayrshire
KA26  9PT, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1465 716310
E-mail:
jane.millar@wgrant.com

David Littlejohn
WDSC Programme Committee Member
Associate Deputy Principal - Research and Knowledge Exchange
University of Strathclyde
Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry
Thomas Graham Building
295 Cathedral Street
Glasgow G1 1XL, UK
Tel: +44 (0)141 5482067
E-mail:
d.littlejohn@strath.ac.uk

Gordon Motion
Social Committee Member
Master Blender
The Edrington Group
2500 Great Western Road
Glasgow
G15 6RW, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 141 9404012
Mobile: +44 (0) 7887626508
E-mail:
GMotion@edrington.co.uk

 

 

Emma Negus-King
WDSC Sponsorship Committee Member
Facilities, Events & Communications Manager
Institute of Brewing and Distilling
33 Clarges Street, London
W1J 7EE, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 207 4998144
E-mail:
emma.negus-king@ibd.org.uk

Graeme Walker
Programme Committee Member
Professor (Zymology)
Yeast Research Group
School of Contemporary Sciences
University of Abertay
Dundee, DD1 1HG, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1382 308658
Fax: +44 (0) 1382 308663
E-mail:
g.walker@abertay.ac.uk

Holly Wright
Secretary
Site Operations Manager
Diageo Scotland Ltd 
Speyside Dark Grains Plant
Dailuaine Distillery
Carron, By Aberlour
AB38 7RE, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1479 874617
Mobile: +44 (0)7803857225
E-mail:
holly.wright@diageo.com