Jon Pepper MW to become Hatch Mansfield CEO

Importer Hatch Mansfield has appointed Jon Pepper MW as CEO. He is due to take up the role next month, when long-serving CEO and company founder Patrick McGrath MW will become chairman.

Pepper spent six years as CEO of Tenute del Mondo Wine Group, Stoli Group’s luxury wine and spirits division. Before that, he was CEO at Enotria and spent nine years at Buckingham Schenk, including four as managing director.

The appointment follows Hatch Mansfield’s leadership restructuring earlier this year, when the company said it would combine the managing director and CEO roles. Then-managing director Ben Knollys stepped down.