Suntory Global Spirits names Carol Robert, president-international, and Carlo Coppola as president-The Americas, effective April 1. Robert will join  the Executive Leadership Team and report directly to Greg Hughes, President & CEO.

Most recently, Robert delivered significant growth as Managing Director, US Ready-To-Drink (RTD) while shaping the long-term strategy for the company’s RTD portfolio.

Robert has than 20 years of commercial, operational and marketing leadership across the UK, Spain, France, Benelux and wider Europe, as well as the United States. She previously served as Chief Operating Officer, Great Britain & Ireland at Suntory Beverage & Food Europe, where she led the business across multiple markets and delivered sustained revenue and profit growth.

Coppola has served as President of North America since 2024, leading the company’s largest region and accelerating performance across Commercial, Marketing and Route to Market. His expanded scope to include Latin America and the Caribbean (Brazil, Mexico and distributor markets) in addition to the US and Canada reflects the company’s ambition to create a more unified and strategically aligned Americas region.

“Carlo has brought sharp commercial focus and strong, disciplined execution to our North America business, driving improved performance across the region. He has a clear, strategic view of what it takes to win in the Americas and a leadership style that brings alignment, consistency and momentum,” said Hughes. “Expanding his remit to include Latin America and the Caribbean allows us to operate as one integrated region, with a unified strategy and streamlined decision‑making. I’m confident Carlo will strengthen our ambition and accelerate our progress in these important markets.”

As part of this transition, current Managing Director for Mexico, Humberto Pérez, will assume an expanded leadership role within the Americas as Managing Director for Latin America, reporting to Coppola and overseeing Brazil’s commercial organization and the company’s distributor network in Latin America and the Caribbean. Pérez will join the Americas Leadership Team to ensure strong regional representation.