Brewer boosts board to aid water projects

BREWGOODER, the craft beer firm set up to fund clean water projects around the world, has added to its board with the appointment of well-known drinks industry figures Simon Hannah and Chris Miller.

The social enterprise, launched by Alan Mahon and Josh Littlejohn in March, has also brought in consultant Steve Annand to scale up its on-trade presence.

Mr Hannah is the managing director of JW Filshill, whose international offshoot Craft Beer Clan of Scotland was set up to drive exports of Scottish craft beer. Mr Miller is JW Filshill’s commercial director and is also on the board of JW Filshill International. Their arrival means the Brewgooder board now numbers five, with the duo joining Mr Littlejohn, the founder of Social Bite, Mr Mahon and Stephen McCranor, director of Frame public relations agency, at the table.

Mr Annand is a former commercial managing director of Tennent Caledonian Breweries and the founder of Glasshouse Drinks.

Mr Mahon said: “This is an exciting time for Brewgooder. Our crowdfunding programme got us off to a flying start and with the new board appointments and retaining the services of Steve Annand it shows that we want to put beer industry muscle behind the vision of providing 1,000,000 people with clean drinking water through craft beer.”

Brewgooder’s first project was to install solar powered water pumps at a school in a remote village in Dedza, Malawi.