Senior appointment
Cowing named as whisky firm Grant’s new CFO
Glenfiddich whisky distiller William Grant & Sons has appointed Helen Cowing as group chief financial officer.
She joins the business, which also owns Drambuie liqueur and Hendrick’s gin, from Octopus, the financial services and energy group, where she held a similar position.
Ms Cowing will be based at the firm’s facilities at Strathclyde Business Park and will join the company’s supervisory and executive boards.
Her 30-year career includes a stint as chief financial officer at ISG, and other positions at Selecta Group and FatFace, as well as holding senior finance roles at PepsiCo, Novartis, AP Moeller, Nestle and Kraft Jacob Suchard.
