Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> March 4, 2002
JOHN E. PELLER is President and Chief Executive Officer of Andrs Wines
Ltd. He was educated at Ancaster High School, University of Western
Ontario (LLB, 1980), Osgoode Hall, Toronto (Bar Admission Course, 1982),
and L'institute de Touraine, Tours, France (1984). Mr. Peller began his
career in 1980 with the law firm Evans, Husband in Hamilton, Ontario,
practicing corporate and commercial law. He spent 1984 in France
attending the L'institute de Touraine for six months and worked six
months with DeLuze, the wine subsidiary of Remy Martin. In 1985, he
moved to New Jersey as Manager, Corporate Planning and Development, with
Nabisco Brands Inc. In 1987, he assumed the assignment of Regional
Marketing Manager for the Grocery Products Division (North East
Division). Mr. Pellier joined Andrs in 1989 and assumed the
responsibility of Vice President, Sales and Marketing Planning. He was
appointed to the Board of Directors in 1990 and to the position of
Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing, in 1991, President and
Chief Operating Officer in 1992 and President and Chief Executive
Officer in 1994. Mr. Peller is Director and Past Chair of the Canadian
Vintners Association; Director of RBC Life Insurance Company of Royal
Bank of Canada; Director of The Ontario Chamber of Commerce. He is a
member of the Young Presidents' Organization, the Law Society of Upper
Canada, The Hamilton Club, and the Hamilton Golf and Country Club. Profile
of Andrs Wines?
Mr. Peller: Our company is a publicly owned wine company. We've been
public for over 30 years. The
