E160 That Great Business Show - Laura Lee, Molson Coors - Bhagya & Robert Barrett, Rebel City Distillery

That Great Business Show

E160 That Great Business Show with Conall O Móráin

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Laura Lee Strategy & Change Director - Western Europe at Molson Coors explains why the world's 3rd largest brewery, 14 years in Ireland, doesn't want your CV. Of course they are hiring, but they're moving away from CVs in their recruitment process. Find out why. (Spoiler alert. It's got nothing to do with AI or ChatGPT. Phew!)

Given that almost 500 pubs have closed down here in recent years we wanted to know from Laura, brought up in a pub and in the trade for decades, how she would save the Irish pub…She gives loads of proven, real world, examples.

Her 'hire in a heartbeat' is football manager Lisa Fallon

Husband and wife duo Bhagya and Robert Barrett met in a pub and started talking distillery immediately. The now married couple have set up the Rebel City Distillery, makers of the Maharani gin, flavoured with spices from Bhagya's home state of Kerala in India. This Indian/Ireland flavour mix is what makes their gin stand out in a crowded market. They have already launched Ireland's first absinthe. There's a very different vodka on the way and they also talk about an up and coming rum. Next stop, the US where they want any contacts they can get to help spread the Rebel City name.

Robert's 'hire in a heartbeat' is Danish beer pioneer, Mikkel Borg Bjergso. Bhagya wants to hire former Pepsico Chair and CEO, Indra Nooyi.

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