“Unless there’s change, companies like ours won’t be able to enter into the Travel Retail channel” – Interview, Loch Lomond Group GTR head Andre de Almeida

Andre de Almeida had been William Grant & Sons’ director for European Travel Retail for four years when he decided earlier this year to take up the role of Global Travel Retail head at Scotch whisky specialists Loch Lomond Group. That was in July, and now the Brazilian-born de Almeida, who moved to Scotland when he was 15, faces one of the biggest challenges of his career – establishing Loch Lomond as a player in the GTR channel.