• September 2, 2009

Pernod Ricard USA has appointed Matt Aeppli, VP of global marketing at The Absolut Company, to SVP Spirits Marketing, Pernod Ricard USA.

The company has named Anna Malmhake, Absolut's director of global marketing, to succeed Aeppli.

Aeppli joined the former Absolut Spirits Co., Inc. in 2004 as VP of marketing and was appointed to his current position in 2007. He will be a member of the Pernod Ricard USA Executive Committee, reporting to Paul Duffy, chairman and CEO.--Karl Greenberg