Moët
An exclusive senior search for one of the world's most recognised luxury drinks businesses, requiring a rare combination of wine, marketing and commercial expertise.
A globally recognised luxury house with a highly specific leadership requirement.
Moët Hennessy sits within LVMH and represents some of the world's most established names in wines and spirits. Within a business operating at this scale, senior appointments require more than functional expertise alone.
As the organisation looked to further segment its divisions, it needed to appoint a Head of Wine with responsibility for its still wine portfolio.
The role demanded someone capable of combining deep category understanding with strong marketing judgement and genuine commercial capability — a particularly specific profile within an already specialist market.
Moving beyond a high volume of applications to find the right person.
The business had already attracted significant interest in the position, with hundreds of applications received. The challenge was not attracting people to the opportunity. It was identifying someone whose experience genuinely matched the combination of commercial, marketing and category expertise the role required.
With the internal team managing considerable demands elsewhere in the business, Consumer Exec was appointed on an exclusive basis to strengthen and manage the search.
Our remit combined two routes to market. We assessed candidates who had already applied directly to the business, conducting first-stage interviews on Moët Hennessy's behalf, while simultaneously mapping and approaching relevant talent from our own network.
A focused executive search built around fit.
Rather than treating the existing candidate pool and external search as separate processes, Consumer Exec created one rigorous assessment route centred on the capabilities the business genuinely needed.
Define the profile
We translated the brief into a clear leadership profile spanning wine-sector knowledge, marketing expertise, commercial capability and brand fit.
Assess and search
Our team conducted first-stage assessment of existing applicants while proactively identifying additional senior talent through targeted market mapping and headhunting.
Deliver the appointment
The successful candidate ultimately came through Consumer Exec's own search, demonstrating the value of extending the process beyond the active applicant market.
The successful candidate came directly from our network.
Despite the significant number of candidates already attracted to the role, the eventual appointment was someone Consumer Exec proactively introduced.
The search demonstrates where specialist executive search can add particular value: not simply creating more candidate volume, but accessing the people whose combination of experience, capability and cultural fit makes them genuinely relevant.
For a globally recognised luxury drinks business, that meant securing a Head of Wine capable of meeting both the specialist demands of the category and the commercial expectations of the wider organisation.
successful Head of Wine appointment secured through Consumer Exec's proactive search.
“Consumer Exec approached me for the role, knowing that my work experience matched very well with the requirements.”
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