INDUSTRY LEADERS
ENRIQUE DE COLSA
Master Distiller for Don Julio tequila
Country: Global
Pippa Guy
Class Magazine Bartender of the year 2020, UK Brand Ambassador for Tanqueray Gin, mixologist and author of ‘Let’s Get Fizzical’.
Accolades include Best international bar team - 2016, 2018; Best International Hotel Bar – 2018; World’s Best Bar – 2018, World’s 50 best bars’ #1 2017.
Country: U.K
Anna Sebastian
Previous bar manager at the Artesian London where she led the team to win World’s Best International Hotel Bar at Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards 2015 and regained a place in the Top 50 bars in the world, Judge, public speaker, bartender.
Head of Brand for Served Drinks – a hard seltzer brand.
Country: U.K.
Madeleine Geach
Head of Culture at Hawksmoor, she is also a business and personal coach working with hospitality leaders, founders and entrepreneurs. Her main focus is helping them take a step back from the frenetic world of opening and running successful bars and restaurants; giving them time and space to get clear on where they want to get to and how to get there.
Country: U.K.
Camille Vidal
Creator of Mindful Cocktails™, and the Founder of La Maison Wellness, a multi-media platform that advocates mindful drinking. Globally recognised bartender, drink expert and Holistic coach on a mission to inspire the world to bring Mindfulness into the glass and change drinking culture for the better.
Country: U.K.
Sean Finter
Founder & CEO at Barmetrix, masterful storyteller, renowned hospitality consultant and well versed in thinking outside the box.
Country: U.S.A
Tim Philips-Johansson
Global Brand Ambassador for Johnnie Walker, Australia’s most awarded bartender, founder of four-time Australian cocktail bar of the year, and five-time World's 50 Best Bars entrant; Bulletin Place.
Country: Australia
Ollie Margan
Bar operator and entrepreneur, who ranked Top 10 in the Bartender Magazine Top 100 Most Influential List 2020. Co-owner and bartender behind Maybe Mae in Adelaide and six other venues including Adelaide bar West at Henley and Asian restaurant Shōbōsho.
Country: Australia
Ervin Trykowski
Award-winning bartender turned Diageo Global Ambassador for New Age Scotch, Erv has spent more than 15 years behind the bar, both in his native Scotland and across more than 30 countries, sharing first-hand how Scotch can be mixed, muddled and stirred up to create innovative, world class drinks.
Country: U.K.