Team
Meet the team behind Legacy Brands, with a combined 150 years of industry experience. We cover all aspects of drinks management, from sourcing, logistics, category and brand marketing and commercial success.
Gary Squire
CEO
With 30 years in Sales and Marketing in the drinks industry Gary has worked for Bass, Whitbread, Britvic, Bacardi and Halewood, and having held main board positions at Matthew Clark prior to sale.
Gary has a track record in setting up and developing new start up business; the Catalyst Brands agency business and the London wholesaler Chalié Richards.
Trevor Moore
COO
Trevor has over 30 years’ Travel Retail experience in a wide range of Commercial roles for companies ranging from Start Ups to Global operations
Trevor conceived and launched the first wine shops in duty free and the World of Whiskies chain. He also spent six years as Strategy Implementation Director for venture capital fund primarily in consumer driven propositions.
Lloyd White
Sales Director
Lloyd has 24 years’ experience in sales, both domestic and international, including brand and product development, with 17 years of focus within both alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks.
Lloyd has a track record for developing new brands, reintroducing brands to the UK market and consumer experiences – notably Desperados, Sagres, WKD and Bottlegreen. He also developed the Organix baby retail commercial business over 3yr period that led to a sale to Hero / Dr Oketer.
Jamie Coghill
Sales Director – Scotland
Jamie has 28 years’ experience in Sales and Marketing in the drinks industry, having worked for Anheuser-Busch, Miller Brands, Halewood and Dunns.
Jamie has previously held the On Trade Sales Director position at Halewood and Sales Director at Dunns. He has a track record in launching and developing Miller Brands and Peroni in Scotland.
TIMOS SPANOS
Portfolio Brand Ambassador
Timos Spanos joined the Legacy Brands team as Portfolio Brand Ambassador, following his time at Neptune Rum as Global Brand Ambassador.
With 20 years of experience working behind high volume bars in both the UK and as a bar owner in Greece, Timos is also a bar consultant and spirit enthusiast whose cocktail creations have been featured in books by the likes of Gaz Regan and Matthias Lataille.
Jordan Halsman
National Account Manager
Jordan Halsman is Legacy Brands’ National Account Manager, specialising in Wholesale & Convenience with a brilliant track record of growing customer value & volume through premiumising their range in key categories.
Having worked for Powerforce Field Marketing, Molson Coors and most recently Eden Mill distillers moving quickly up the chain in the drinks industry, building incredible relationships has led to then being nominated for the UK Young Supplier Of The Year at FWD Awards.
Julian Sollom
International Sales
Julian has over 30 years’ sales experience in the FMCG food and drink industry with Britvic, Bacardi Brown Forman Brands and Hildon Mineral Water.
Julian also Co-founded a specialist sales agency for premium brands in the fine dining and 5 Star market. He also created the soft drinks brand STORY® and managed all aspects of the company from start-up to exit in 2018.
GET IN TOUCH
If you are a brand or customer looking for for growth, support and your own measure of legacy, then look no further.
Email sales@legacy-brands.co.uk or complete the contact form below.
Reach out to the team. You are in safe hands with us and we will personally respond to your query. New customers and brand partners – we welcome a friendly chat.
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TEL: 0204 530 9990
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