Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> March 4, 2002

Richard Burrows – Pernod Ricard (perp:pa)

RICHARD BURROWS has been Joint Managing Director of Pernod Ricard since July 2000. Mr. Burrows joined Irish Distillers in 1971, a subsidiary of Pernod Ricard since 1988. He was appointed Chairman and CEO of Irish Distillers in 1978. A graduate of Wesley College, Dublin (Ireland), and a Chartered Accountant by profession, he is Chairman of the Irish Business and Employers Confederation and a Non-Executive Director of the Bank of Ireland. Profile
TWST: Can you provide a quick overview of Pernod Ricard and bring us up

to date with where the company is positioned today?

Mr. Burrows: I would say Pernod Ricard looks back on the year 2001