Finance Monthly CFO Awards 2017 Winners Edition

Firm Profile Part of the global SPI Group, Amber Beverage Group is the leading international wine and spirits company based in Riga, Latvia. Amber Beverage Group unites 1500 employees in 8 companies from the Baltics to Mexico, including the leading producers of alcoholic beverages in Latvia and Mexico, experienced distribution companies in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and UK, a specialized retail chain of around 70 shops operating in Latvia and Lithuania and logistics services across the Baltics. We are rapidly growing business that expands it’s brand portfolio and evaluates new business opportunities via merge & acquisition. In 2016 we stepped into tequila business and bought a significant equity stake in tequila factory Fabrica de tequilas Finos. In 2017 we became a co-owners of Cellar Trends Distributor (UK) that supports our export plans and new opportunities for our brands. Amber Beverage Group exports to over 170 global markets, offers warehousing space in the Baltics and owns over 130 beverage brands across most spirits and wine categories, particularly being recognized as a specialist in vodka, bitters, brandy, tequila and sparkling wine production. The Amber Beverage Group produces, bottles, markets, distributes, exports and retails a comprehensive range of spirits and wines of almost 500 brands. We manufacture and distribute our brands such as Stolichnaya® Premium vodka, Moskovskaya® vodka, KAH® tequila, AS/DC Thunderstruck tequila, Rooster Rojo® tequila, Riga Black Balsam® bitter and over 100 more. We are proud to distribute across the Baltics on behalf of well-known companies such as William Grant & Sons, Remy Cointreau, Mast-Jagermeister S.E., Russian Alcohol Group, Berry Bros and Rudd, BeamSuntory, CEDC, Le Grand Chai Group, Marchesi de Frescobaldi, Concha Y Toro, Torres, Delicato Family Vineyards, KWV International, Freixenet, Red Bull, Green Cola and others. About Jekaterina Stuge Jekaterina joined SPI Group as the CFO of Baltic Units, before ABG was created, and one of the first projects where Jekaterina was involved was creation of the unified Baltic holding company. Jekaterina leads centralised Accounting, Treasury, Financial planning, analysis and control functions for all 6 Baltic companies. Furthermore, Jekaterina is also responsible for Group IT function, covering the full scope of services for SPI Group, the Parent and other related companies of Amber Beverage Group. Jekaterina was part of the Management team leading several local and international acquisitions that helped ABG to become not the Baltic market leader, but also establish strong international presence. The most significant M&A transactions in recent years include acquisition of the major stake of Fabrica de Tequilas Finos in Mexico and Cellar Trends Distributor (UK). As the CFO of ABG, Jekaterina was leading project for implementation of common ERP (Enterprise Reporting Platform) platform for our companies in the Baltics & Mexico, as well as common Document Management system and several other Business Intelligence tools. Implementation of common ERP was a crucial step to unifying and automating processes within our operating companies, which supports our objective to minimize the unnecessary routine tasks. Prior to Joining ABG, Jekaterina was CFO at NP Foods, the leading chocolate and sweets manufacturer in Latvia, as well as worked more than 10 years at Ernst& Young as part of audit and consulting team providing services to clients in wide range of industries. Contact Details www.amberbev.com CFO of Amber Beverage Group Jekaterina Stuge www.finance-monthly.com 19 LATVIA Finance Monthly CFO Awards 2017