He joined the board as a non-executive director on September 1. 

Mr Cockburn is a chartered accountant with an MBA from the IMD Business School in Switzerland. He has been group chief financial officer of Serco Group plc since October 2014. Prior to that, he was chief financial officer and interim chief executive at Aggreko plc. He is the senior independent non-executive at Ashtead plc and was also previously senior independent director of GKN. He is an Honorary Professor at the University of Edinburgh.

He joins Edrington as David Richardson retires from the board after seven years as non-executive director.

Crawford Gillies, chairman, said: “I am pleased to welcome Angus to the Board of Edrington and look forward to benefiting from his wealth of experience from his highly successful career as a CFO, senior finance officer and Non-Executive Director with a number of major international companies.

“I would like to thank David Richardson for his valuable contribution to Edrington over seven years. His knowledge of the industry and extensive experience have played a significant role in guiding Edrington. We wish him a long and happy retirement.”

Angus Cockburn added: “I’m very excited to be joining the Edrington Board for a number of reasons. I have long admired the company for its unique ownership structure, its value of Giving More back to society, its global scale, and of course a world class portfolio of super premium spirits.

“I look forward to working with the great team at Edrington and to playing a part in a business that is so integral to the success of the Scotch Whisky industry and the Scottish economy.”