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In an industry which is changing as fast as the world in which we live, it takes a great team of leaders to define the direction of a business with big ambitions. Meet our leadership team here.
Simon Amor
Managing Director
Simon Amor
Managing Director
Simon, who joined the HEINEKEN UK Management Team in September 2016, has built up well over 20 years’ global experience across the retail and FMCG industry. Starting out as a Sainsbury’s graduate in 1996, he spent several years in product management and buying roles before joining Colgate-Palmolive in 1999. After seven years working across a range of UK customer roles, he moved to Switzerland as European Customer Development Director, working with global and regional customers. In 2011 Simon was appointed Sales Director at Colgate Australia, where he spent five years.
Jane Brydon
Human Resources Director
Jane Brydon
Human Resources Director
Jane joined HEINEKEN as our Human Resources Director in March 2014, bringing with her an invaluable background in HR, change management, programme management, colleague engagement and communications. Prior to joining us she worked at Sainsbury's Bank as their People and Communications Director and as HR and Communications Director for Scottish Widows. She was Group Functions HR Director for HBOS between 2004 and 2009.
Matt Callan
Brewing & Operations Director
Matt Callan
Brewing & Operations Director
Following two years as Brewery Manager at HEINEKEN Manchester, during which time he was at the forefront of the brewery’s multi-million pound transformation, Matt joined our Management Team in August 2018. Prior to HEINEKEN, Matt spent 20 years with Carlsberg where he held numerous senior supply chain roles in the UK, Greece and Malaysia, as well as a number of production-related positions. A Diploma Master Brewer and graduate of Heriot-Watt University, Matt has spent his entire career in the brewing industry.
Alex Elberg
Customer Service & Logistics Director
Alex Elberg
Customer Service & Logistics Director
Alex joined HEINEKEN in October 2014 from Mondelēz International where he worked for nine years, most recently as Integrated Business Planning Director for Europe. Prior to that, he held a number of senior supply chain roles at Cadbury, Coca-Cola Enterprises, Bic and Asda. Alex has a strong background in leading large and complex change programmes across the supply chain and commercial functions to improve cost efficiency, customer service levels and to drive revenue. He has a wealth of experience at both operational execution level and in strategic planning.
Lawson Mountstevens
Managing Director, Star Pubs & Bars
Lawson Mountstevens
Managing Director, Star Pubs & Bars
Lawson joined Grand Met Brewing as a graduate trainee in 1990 before embracing a range of commercial roles with Scottish Courage and Scottish & Newcastle. His numerous roles with HEINEKEN have included Sales Managing Director Courage East, Sales Managing Director National Sales and most recently Managing Director, On Trade. In 2016, following the decision to appoint a dedicated Management Team member to lead Star Pubs & Bars, Lawson stepped into the role and recently fronted the multi-million pound acquisition and transfer of nearly 1,900 Punch pubs into our estate.
James Crampton
Corporate Affairs Director
James Crampton
Corporate Affairs Director
James joined HEINEKEN in March 2020 from global attractions operator Merlin Entertainments where, as Corporate Affairs Director for four years, he led the development of the function and its integration into the wider business, culminating in the transaction to take Merlin private. He has 20 years’ experience in Corporate Affairs in both in-house and agency roles, with ten years within the beverage industry. Prior to Merlin, James spent nearly eight years at Diageo in both global and regional positions including as IR Director, External Comms Director and Communications & Sustainability Director for Diageo Africa. He previously worked in communications at SABMiller.
Radovan Sikorsky
Finance Director
Radovan Sikorsky
Finance Director
Radovan joined HEINEKEN UK as Finance Director in September 2016. Prior to this he was Senior Regional Director Finance Americas from 2013, leading the regional Finance function in a period of quick-fire business expansion and transformation. Radovan has also held the role of Finance Director in our Slovakian, Hungarian and Polish HEINEKEN companies. Before joining HEINEKEN, Radovan worked for over five years with KPMG as Senior Audit Manager.
Michael Gillane
Marketing Director
Michael Gillane
Marketing Director
In February 2020 Michael joined the UK Management Team as Marketing Director. Prior to this Michael worked in a number of roles across the Marketing function including Cider Brand Director, Marketing Strategy & Planning Director and Director Data Driven Commerce and Market Intelligence. Before joining HEINEKEN Michael spent 10 years with Procter & Gamble in international marketing roles and three years with Premier foods in the UK.
Stephen Watt
On Trade Director
Stephen Watt
On Trade Director
Stephen, who joined the HEINEKEN UK Management Team in July 2019, has over 25 years’ experience across various Sales & Marketing roles with 17 years spent working specifically in Beers, Wines and Spirits. Stephen joined HEINEKEN UK in May 2018 in the role of Trading Director (North) where he made a significant impact in a short period of time to turn around On Trade performance in the region. Before joining HEINEKEN Stephen worked across a number of FMCG companies, including Coca-Cola, Mars, ABInBev, Pernod Ricard and most recently Whyte & Mackay.
Jonathan Ford
Interim Off Trade Director
Jonathan Ford
Interim Off Trade Director
Jonathan joined the Management Team in July 2020, having spent the last 11 years with HEINEKEN UK in a number of senior commercial leadership roles across the Off Trade including Trading Director. His 26 years’ experience in the drinks industry, across both on-trade and off-trade, ranges from time with Bass Brewers, Molson Coors, Ubevco Distributors and prior to joining Heineken, as Sales Director of Tiger Beer UK.
An MBA graduate of Nottingham University, Jonathan lives in Yorkshire with his wife and two sons.
