Julian Brind MW has been appointed the Wine & Spirit Education Trust's chairman of the board of trustees, taking over from Keith Garrard, who held the post for four years.
Brind is a consultant for Waitrose, having joined in 1971 as central buyer and, in a career spanning 40 years in the wine trade, has had stints as chairman of the MW panel of examiners, chair judge for the International Wine & Spirit Competition, ombudsman of the Circle of Wine Writers, and president of the Wine and Spirit Association.