The just-drinks interview - Patrick Ricard
By just-drinks.com editorial team | 11 October 2006
A major takeover, persistent speculation about further acquisitions and most recently a legal wrangle with a prominent competitor over the ownership of a key brand have made the past year or so fairly eventful for Patrick Ricard. So Pernod Ricard's veteran CEO and chairman had plenty to talk about when Olly Wehring met him in Paris last month.
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A major takeover, persistent speculation about further acquisitions and most recently a legal wrangle with a prominent competitor over the ownership of a key brand have made the past year or so fairly eventful for Patrick Ricard. So Pernod Ricard's veteran CEO and chairman had plenty to talk about when Olly Wehring met him in Paris last month.
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