The Glenmorangie Company
Kate Newton has an extensive work experience in brand communications and public relations. Kate is currently working at The Glenmorangie Company as the Global Head of Brand Communications since August 2022. Prior to that, they held the position of Global Senior Brand Communications Manager from January 2021 to August 2022. Before joining The Glenmorangie Company, Kate worked as a Global Brand Communications Manager at the same company from September 2017 to January 2021.
In 2016, Kate worked as a Communications Consultant for their own self-employed business. From 2011 to 2016, they served as the PR and Corporate Marketing Manager at The Gleneagles Hotel (Diageo). Before that, they were an Account Manager at Platform PR from 2006 to 2011. Additionally, they were a committee member at CIPR Scotland from January 2006 to February 2008.
Kate Newton has a diverse education history. Kate completed their Honours degree in English Literature at the University of Glasgow from 2002 to 2006. In 2010, they pursued a Post-graduate diploma in CIPR at Leeds Beckett University. In 2019, they completed a Mini MBA in Marketing through the Marketing Week program with Mark Ritson. Kate also gained knowledge in eMarketing at UHI in 2008. Continuing their education in 2020, Kate completed another Mini MBA, this time focusing on Brand Management through the Marketing Week program with Mark Ritson. Additionally, they obtained a certification in Finance for Non-Financial Managers from LinkedIn in June 2020.
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”.