James Manson

James graduated in 1998 and spent three years at Majestic Wine before leaving to go travelling. He moved to New Zealand in 2002 and worked for an independent wine merchant in Wellington and then as an account manager for Pernod Ricard NZ. Upon his return to the UK he joined Moet Hennessy looking after the London restaurant sector then independent retail & department stores. James joined Hatch in 2007 and is responsible for the development and implementation of the channel strategy for the independent retail, regional wholesale and fine wine merchant channels and also manages the London sales team.