Finance Monthly CFO Awards 2018 Winners Edition

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. LATVIA Finance Monthly CFO Awards 2018 CFO at Amber Beverage Group Jekaterina Stuge Firm Profile The Amber Beverage Group (ABG) consolidates the majority shareholding of the beverage production company Latvijas Balzams JSC, and the 100% owned distribution and logistics entities Amber Distribution Latvia SIA, Bravo SIA, Amber Distribution Estonia OU and Bennet Distribution UAB. Previously, the Baltic companies of ABG had operated under the direct supervision of SPI Group HQ in Luxembourg. 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. www.amberbev.com www.finance-monthly.com 22 Finance Monthly CFO Awards 2018