Former Head of Marketing & Communications at Amorim Cork
Adds Invaluable Industry Experience and Relationships to Leading
Fine Wine and Spirits PR Agency
NEW
YORK, July 8, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/
-- New York-based Colangelo & Partners announces that wine
and spirits industry veteran, Carlos de
Jesus, former head of marketing & communications for
cork industry leader, Amorim, has joined the agency as partner and
president of the newly created Colangelo & Partners Europe
representative office, as well as executive vice president of
Colangelo & Partners, effective immediately. "Carlos adds
industry knowledge, global PR expertise and a wealth of wine and
spirits press and executive contacts to our agency," states
Gino Colangelo, president, Colangelo
& Partners. "These are challenging and dynamic times for the
wine and spirits business. Adding new resources to help better
serve our global and domestic clients as well as our team is
critical to the continued growth and success of both our clients
and our agency."
"Carlos adds industry knowledge, global PR
expertise and a wealth of wine and spirits press and executive
contacts to our agency," states Gino
Colangelo, president, Colangelo & Partners.
Current agency partners include founders Gino Colangelo and Michael Colangelo (CFO), and COO Felipe Gonzalez-Gordon of the Gonzalez-Byass
family. "When Felipe joined four years ago, he brought valuable
trade expertise in terms of route-to-market consultation, product
development and value chain knowledge," explains Gino Colangelo. "Now, with the deep PR
background and communications expertise that Carlos brings, we're
strengthening our agency management and value offering even
more."
For the past 20+ years, Carlos de
Jesus led the Marketing & Communications department at
global leader, Amorim Cork. With
subsidiaries throughout the world, Amorim produces approximately
six billion closures annually, which are sold to many thousands of
clients, including the largest and most prestigious international
brands of wine and spirits. Before joining Amorim, Carlos was a
Partner at Breakstone & Ruth LLP, the New York-based leader in the international
investor and shareholder relations market. In this specialized
consultancy, he worked with blue-chip multinationals to coordinate
the presence of these clients on the NYSE and NASDAQ.
"European wines and spirits are a big part of the firm's
portfolio and complement our domestic clients," explains
Carlos de Jesus. "Unlike many other
wine and spirits PR agencies, Colangelo & Partners has a
powerful domestic as well as an international team that speaks the
languages of our European clients, literally and figuratively, and
understands the unique wine and business cultures of each of the
many countries where we have clients. It's thrilling to be able to
join such a robust team and strengthen even further the firm's
commitment to our local clients by having a partner from our firm
based in Europe."
The addition of Carlos to the executive team allows Colangelo
& Partners to further bolster agency management, expand client
services, and build the agency's presence in the industry, both
domestically and internationally. For more information on Colangelo
& Partners and the agency's integrated communications
offerings, visit https://www.colangelopr.com.
About Colangelo & Partners
Colangelo & Partners specializes in premium food, wine, and
spirits brands, and has long-established relationships with the key
press that drive these business categories and help determine the
industry leaders. Agency principals have years of experience in
retail and distribution as well as communications, a rare
combination that gives Colangelo & Partners invaluable insights
into consumer purchasing behavior as well as the route-to-market
opportunities and challenges for wine and spirits companies.. The
agency focuses on "closing the loop" between creative
communications programs, distribution, promotion, publicity, and
the consumer in order to maximize the efficiency of its
communications programs and deliver measurable results. For more
information and a complete client list, visit
http://www.colangelopr.com.
Media Contact
Leah Isenberg, Colangelo &
Partners, 6466242885, lisenberg@colangelopr.com,
https://colangelopr.com
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