The Institute of Brewing & Distilling: New president
The Institute of Brewing & Distilling has announced Bhavya Mandanna as the new President of the organization, taking on the role from Douglas Murray who has stepped down at the end of his two-year tenure.
Murray will remain in the role of Immediate Past President and as a Director and Trustee of the London-based organization.
As the new President, Mandanna’s main responsibilities will be Board leadership, advocacy and promotion of the IBD’s relevance to the membership and wider industry.
Originally from Bangalore, in India, Bhavya started her professional career at Molson Coors in the UK, in 2010 as a Supply Chain Brewing Student, and progressed to become Technical Brewer before she joined Carlsberg UK in 2014. Since then, Bhavya has gained extensive senior leadership experience in the supply chain, in positions including Regional Team Lead – Brewing and Processing – Western Europe, Production Director for Olympic Brewery S.A. (a part of Carlsberg Group) in Greece, and most recently as Senior Director of Production for Carlsberg Denmark.
Bhavya holds an MBA from the University of Warwick and a Masters qualification in Brewing and Distilling from Heriot-Watt University. In 2014, she became one of the youngest IBD Master Brewers and winner of the J S Hough Award.