The Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America (WSWA) on Sept. 21 introduced the election of M.S. Walker president Doug Shaw as Chairman of the Board. Addressing the affiliation at its annual membership assembly in Washington, D.C., Shaw urged distributors to proceed strengthening the three-tier system, essentially the most environment friendly and most secure alcohol distribution system on the planet.
“Each WSWA member is a champion for the worth of the wholesaler, business companions, and key stakeholders within the system that works so effectively to serve shoppers throughout an thrilling time of innovation,” says Shaw. “WSWA members nationwide are energized and dedicated to working with the whole WSWA group who leverage large ardour, power and experience, on daily basis.”
On the way forward for the affiliation and its strategic priorities, Shaw detailed ongoing efforts to proceed constructing upon essential range and girls’s management initiatives, elevating Entry LIVE because the premier business occasion, growing WSWA’s SipSource right into a best-in-class information product, advocating for the excellent federal regulation of hashish, and countering state-by-state efforts to bypass the robustly regulated market.
“Chairman Shaw brings an incredible quantity of expertise, information and real concern for the success of not simply wine and spirits wholesalers, however business companions who’ve been pivotal in making the U.S. alcohol market the worldwide standard-bearer,” says WSWA President and CEO Francis Creighton.
