Paul Block Joins Eastside Distilling's Board of Directors and Named Chairman

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[{"type":"text","content":"PORTLAND, Ore., April 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Eastside Distilling, Inc. (NASDAQ: EAST) today announced the appointment of Paul Block to the Company's Board of Directors, effective April 20, 2020. On April 24, 2020, Chairman of the Board Paul Shoen tendered his resignation from the Board, effective on that date. Upon his resignation, the Board of Directors elected Mr. Block to serve as Chair of the Board.\nMr. Block is a seasoned Consumer Goods Executive with over three decades of experience in driving profitable revenue growth, turning around underperforming business and building sustainable high performing stream of earnings for public corporations, corporate divisions, and private equity owned portfolio companies. Mr. Block is best known as a transformational leader with a strong record of reinvigorating some of the world's best-known consumer brands and accelerating earnings in underperforming enterprises. \nEarly in his career, and over a ten-year period, Mr. Block held various positions at Miller Brewing Company in marketing, sales, sales promotions, brand management and new product development ultimately chairing Miller's Innovation Committee and developing Miller Sharp's non-alcoholic beer. He was then engaged by Guinness Import Company as Vice President of Marketing to accelerate growth for the Guinness Stout, Bass Ale and Pilsner Urquel Brands. During Block's three years at Guinness, the company enjoyed over 30% revenue growth from organic sales and acquisition. After Guinness, Mr. Block then served as Chief Marketing Officer, and then VP/General Manager, of Allied Domecq's Premium USA Spirits Division where he led the acquisition, distribution, integration, and product expansion for Stolichnaya Vodka. In addition, Block and his team, led the turnaround of Courvoisier from -5% to +10% of sales, repackaged and repositioned Beefeater Gin for accelerated growth to younger consumers and led the USA Premium Spirits Division growth as GM at +9% operating profit two consecutive years\nLater in his career, Mr. Block served as a Chief Executive Officer for over 15 years at Sara Lee Coffee and Tea USA, Merisant Worldwide and SVP Worldwide. As Chief Executive Officer of Sara Lee Coffee and Team, Block and the team turned around operating performance in the first year at +116%. As Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Merisant W...

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