The chair of Artisanal Spirits Firm (ASC), Mark Hunter, will step again from the enterprise as a result of well being causes.
Consequently, Hunter is not going to stand for re-election on the firm’s annual normal assembly (AGM) on 19 Might.
Hunter will proceed as chair till that date, when deputy chair Paul Skipworth will then take over on an interim foundation till a everlasting successor is appointed.
Hunter was named chair in April 2021, having joined from brewing big Molson Coors as president and CEO.
He had assumed the function from Skipworth on the time, who shifted to deputy chair.
Along with Hunter’s departure, ASC director Gavin Hewitt will retire on the AGM. Hewitt has served because the Edinburgh-based firm’s director for greater than 11 years.
ASC’s portfolio consists of the Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS), US bottler Single Cask Nation (which it acquired in 2024) and Scotch whisky model JG Thomson.
In its full-year monetary report for 2025, Artisanal Spirits Firm noticed income drop by double digits, primarily due to disruption attributable to the 43-day-long authorities showdown within the US.
The corporate’s income for the yr was £19.9 million (US$26.3m), in distinction to £23.6m (US$31.8m) in 2024.
ASC CEO Andrew Dane believes ultra-premium whisky within the US will convey “important alternatives” for development.
“For those who have a look at the US ultra-premium whisky house, we symbolize 0.4% market share. So the chance to develop within the whisky house over the subsequent three to 5 years is substantial,” he instructed The Spirits Enterprise following the publication of ASC’s 2025 full-year outcomes on the finish of March.
Final July, ASC created a luxurious personal cask programme known as Artisan Casks.
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