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Valérie Chapoulaud-Floquet has been confirmed as Chief Executive Officer of the Rémy Cointreau Group, the France-based global wines and spirits group.

François Hériard Dubreuil, Chairman of the Board of Directors at Rémy Cointreau Group, comments: “The strategic plan presented by Valérie Chapoulaud-Floquet is both ambitious and bold – it heralds a new era in the history of the Rémy Cointreau Group. Valerie owns all the invaluable qualities and experience to strengthen the Group’s leadership in the high-end spirits sector and to continue its international expansion.”

Valérie Chapoulaud-Floquet has now announced the composition of a new management team, in order to optimise the group’s agility and responsiveness. The Executive Committee has been increased from 6 to 12 members with the addition of the Managing Directors for the markets (EMEA, Americas, Asia and Global Travel Retail), as well as for the brands (House of Rémy Martin, Louis XIII & Mount Gay, Liqueurs & Spirits, Bruichladdich & The Botanist), who will now report directly to the Group’s Chief Executive Officer.

The Rémy Cointreau Group had sales of €1.03 mbillion for the year ended 31 March 2014 and approximately 1,800 employees. The result of the merger in 1990 of the holding companies of the Hériard Dubreuil and Cointreau families, which controlled E. Rémy Martin and Cointreau respectively, Rémy Cointreau has a portfolio of global, upmarket brands, including the Rémy Martin and Louis XIII cognacs, the Cointreau and Passoa liqueurs as well as the Metaxa, Mount Gay, St-Rémy, Bruichladdich and The Botanist spirits. Rémy Cointreau is listed on NYSE Euronext Paris.