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Eastside Distilling, Inc. Announces Appointment of Janet Oak as New Chief Branding Officer and Ashley Rydecki as Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Eastside Distilling, Inc. (NASDAQ: EAST) announced the appointment of Janet Oak as Chief Branding Officer
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[{"type":"text","content":"PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Eastside Distilling, Inc. (NASDAQ: EAST) announced the appointment of Janet Oak as Chief Branding Officer effective October 1, 2020 and Ashley Rydecki as Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) effective September 28, 2020. Ms. Oak will be responsible for executing the company's strategic shift to brand building and beverage marketing, and supporting our company mission and vision to be a premier Craft-inspired brand builder. Ms. Oak will report directly to Chief Executive Officer, Paul Block. Ms. Rydecki brings over a decade of experience in CPG financial strategy and planning—including M&A, S&OP, costing, production efficiency, budgeting, planning and variance analysis. Ms. Rydecki will report directly to Chief Financial Officer, Geoffrey Gwin. \nPaul Block, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, commented, \"We are pleased to welcome Janet and Ashely to the team. Both bring extremely valuable experience to the Company's leadership team as we rebuild and re-focus the organization. Janet has a phenomenal track record as a transformational strategic marketer with experience working with some of the biggest names in the spirits industry including Pernod Ricard, Courvoisier, Stolichnaya, and Beefeater Gin.\"\nGeoffrey Gwin, Chief Financial Officer, commented, \"We are thrilled to welcome Ashley to the Finance team. This role is critically important to the Company and will allow us to shift our approach from a control and report orientation to more planning and analysis integration.\" \nJanet has repeated success of transforming companies, brands and teams into high performing growth engines. She brings industry experience, most recently working closely with Pernod Ricard and Annheuser-Busch at her previous position as SVP at IPSOS. With deep qualitative and quantitative skills, she has consistently delivered valuable insights critical to business growth and strategy. She has partnered with companies like Google, Facebook, Disney, and McDonalds as a thought leader in next-generation and multi-cultural consumer segments, valued for her forward-thinking enthusiasm for all things social, mobile and digital, as well as her ability to translate global insights into local implications for both mature and emerging markets. With global experience leading highly matrixed ...