JAMES DOHERTY

James has always had a dream of building a distillery in Donegal where his parents hail from and where he spent many happy childhood holidays. The grandson of a renowned Poitín man, in 2014 he uprooted his family from Hong Kong and relocated to Carrick to deliver his vision. After an early career as a tea planter in Mulanje, Malawi, James has led and been involved in branded spirits and beer distribution for 20 years and is a Keeper of the Quaich. James has held the position of Managing Director with major drinks players SABMiller in Asia, Foster’s in Australia and William Grant & Sons, one of the world’s great independent distillers. James loves sport particularly rugby and golf and is an enthusiastic, if somewhat limited, fisherman. @jamessliabhliag

Moira Doherty

Moira, a qualified midwife, is a native of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe and has travelled the world with James. It was a conversation while picking Dulse at Muckross Head that lead to the concept and development of An Dúlamán, Irish Maritime Gin, which is her passion. Moira has strong design ideas that can be seen in The Silkie and An Dúlamán. Moira leads An Dúlamán Gin production and visitor experience. Moira is happiest surrounded by family and is an avid reader and walker who does not share James’ passion for fishing! @moikayd

JAMES KEITH

James has been successfully initiating and managing businesses for 30 years. Operating in many sectors he has raised finance for start-ups and growth businesses and has undertaken major business improvement projects and SME turnarounds. James brings with him his experience of business planning, major construction projects, and the FMCG sector. Born in Scotland he has strong links to the Scottish whisky industry and is a regular in Donegal, where he would like to do more fishing.

DOMENIC DE LORENZO

NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Dom was Chief Financial Officer of SABMiller plc, one of the world’s largest brewers with operations in over 70 countries. He first headed the group’s M&A team running major acquisitions, before being appointed as CFO. Key in shaping and developing SABMiller’s corporate strategy and culture, Dom was a central member of the team which managed the Anheuser Busch InBev bid for SABMiller – the largest ever takeover of a UK listed company. He is a non-executive director of Fever Tree where he chairs the Audit Committee. Dom is a Chartered Accountant, cooks a mean pasta, loves his family, rugby, golf and keeping fit and repeatedly gets talked into participating in excessively long cycle rides, which he tries to avoid.

JOHN DAVIDSON

NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

After 15 years as a partner at international law firm Lovells, John spent 10 years as a member of the executive committee of SABMiller, where he latterly led the group’s corporate affairs function, including its globally recognised sustainable development commitments. He was also a non-executive director on several associated and joint venture companies and is currently a trustee of a number of charitable trusts, including the international development and emergency relief agency, Tearfund. Though a Scot, John doesn’t care for golf or fishing, but enjoys walking, reading, Scottish dancing, and watching cricket and rugby. A long-term member of the Scotch Malt Whisky Society, he enjoys playing complex multi-player economic simulation railway board games with anyone who has the patience to play with him.