The Glenmorangie Company
Hamish Fraser CEng MIChemE is an experienced Project Process Engineer currently employed at The Glenmorangie Company since August 2022. Previously, Hamish held the position of Senior Process Engineer at Briggs of Burton, where extensive commissioning experience on spirit handling systems and whisky distillery operations was gained. Prior roles include Operations Engineer and Development Engineer at INEOS Grangemouth, focusing on the operation of Cat Reformer and long-term projects on FCCU. At bp, Hamish served as a Project Engineer, overseeing feasibility studies for enhanced oil recovery. Earlier experience with Genesis Oil and Gas Consultants involved building platform simulations and conducting safety assessments. Hamish received a Master of Engineering in Chemical Engineering from the University of Strathclyde in 2009.
The Glenmorangie Company
Our Company: The Glenmorangie Company is one of the prestigious companies owned by Moët Hennessy-Louis Vuitton (LVMH). It is home to Glenmorangie Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky and Ardbeg Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky, two of the world’s most respected whisky brands. The company has its global headquarters in central Edinburgh, with further offices and a state-of the-art bottling facility in nearby Livingston, West Lothian. The business employs some 300 people across its six locations and is proud to have been awarded the Platinum Award by Investors in People. The Glenmorangie Company is a multi-award winning business with its most recent plaudits including the Whisky Magazine Icons of Whisky Awards 2022 Global Distillery Manager of the year for Glenmorangie Distillery Manager Ed Thom; and the 2022 International Whisky Competition (IWC) Distillery of the Year for the fourth time in five years for Ardbeg Distillery. Ours is a business founded on patience and painstaking attention to detail. Tradition is our lifeblood, yet innovation is key to our Brands. While we’ll never hurry our whiskies, The Glenmorangie Company is often first to try new ideas in the development, production and marketing of our brands. Our Brands Glenmorangie Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky has been distilled since 1843 in Tain in Easter Ross, in Scotland’s tallest pot stills. The Distillery is renowned as a pioneer in the fields of cask management and extra-maturation in the creation of innovative Scotch whiskies. Ardbeg Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky, ‘The Untamed Spirit of Islay’, is revered around the world for its unorthodox personality and its big, peaty flavours. It has been described as “unquestionably the greatest distillery on Earth”.