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EMILY PENNINGTON

Emily Pennington is the Content Manager for Park Street, a provider of productivity-enhancing and cost-saving back-office solutions, advisory services, working capital, compliance management, export solutions, integrated accounting, and human resources management solutions to more than 7,500 alcoholic beverage brands from the U.S. and around the world. Ms. Pennington joined the company in 2019, after serving as Managing Director for Wine & Spirits Daily.

FRANÇOIS MONTI

François Monti is a Belgian cocktail writer and spirit expert based in Madrid. His work has appeared in Punch, Imbibe, Tapas, Class and Whisky Magazine, among other international publications. He is the author of 'Prohibitions' and '101 Cocktails to Try Before You Die' and 'El Gran Libro del Vermut’ and has talked at events such as Tales of the Cocktail, FIBAR, Lisbon Bar Show and Bar Convent.

GABE BARKLEY

Gabe leads MHW’s operations and strategy with a specific focus on building stronger partnerships with clients. Before joining MHW, Gabe held various roles in finance, technology, and consulting at Microsoft, Deloitte and Accenture, as well as leadership positions at VinConnect, a start-up direct-to-consumer wine sales platform and La Cave Warehouse, a wine retail and private storage firm based in Texas. GAVIN WRIGLEY

Head of the European Bartender School Education Department, Gavin has over 10 years of experience working as the manager in leading bars, nightclubs and cocktail catering across the UK, Europe, USA, Australia and Asia. He has been passing on his wealth of knowledge and expertise to students for more than six years.

HANNES FENDRICH

Hannes is Head of Coffee at the Berlin based roaster Coffee Circle. He is a coffee professional for more than 6 years and is responsible for green coffee sourcing and the roasting at Coffee Circle. In 2013 and 2015 he won Germanys SCA Brewers Cup competition and represented Germany in the World competitions.

HARRY KOHLMANN

Dr. Kohlmann is the CEO of Park Street, a provider of back-office solutions, advisory services, working capital, compliance management, export solutions, and integrated accounting to more than 13,500 alcoholic beverage brands. Formerly, Dr. Kohlmann was a consultant at McKinsey & Company, working in the consumer goods sector. Dr. Kohlmann holds an M.B.A. and PhD in Economics from the University of Cologne.