Jean-Etienne Gourgues

Jean-Etienne Gourgues is the current Chairman & CEO of Chivas Brothers. Jean-Etienne has held this position since July 2005. Prior to that, they were the Marketing & Business Development Director for Champagne Mumm & Perrier-Jouet from January 2001 to July 2005. Before that, they were the Export Area Sales Manager for Vallourec from January 1996 to December 2000. And before that, they were a co-founder of Citius International from July 1994 to December 1995, where they did maritime surveillance system engineering & consulting.

Jean-Etienne Gourgues has a Bachelor's degree in International Marketing from HEC Paris, and a degree in Innovation & Leadership from INSEAD.

They are on a team with Philippe Coutin - Chairman, Pernod Ricard France, Ann Mukherjee - Chairwoman & CEO, Pernod Ricard North America, and Philippe Guettat - Chairman & CEO, Pernod Ricard Asia. Their manager is Alexandre Ricard, Chairman & CEO.