Leslie Fitzell

Joining the Blackwater Team in 2019, Leslie is Non Executive Director and provides strategic advice to the board and management team. He brings a breadth and depth of experience across food and drink, having worked in a range of international strategy, marketing and commercial roles in companies including Unilever, Bass, United Distillers and over 20 years at Seagram/Pernod Ricard.

Leslie left Chivas Brothers, Pernod Ricard’s largest global brand company in 2018 where he was Board director with responsibilities for Strategy & Development covering the scotch and gin portfolio. Today, Leslie lives outside London and specialises in supporting and helping develop a range of startups and early stage disruptor food and drinks companies to achieve their ambitions.