Annabel has been in the role of Director of the Keepers of the Quaich since May 2015. She has worked in the whisky industry since 2001, organising events and tastings, then as the global brand ambassador for Glenmorangie and Ardbeg. She established her own consultancy, the Whisky Belle, where she was contributing editor on two publications and well respected for her sensory evaluation and tasting notes.

With 30 years working in charity management, Jamie founded Feedback Madagascar 27 years ago. Working with the MacLean family, Jamie was a founder of the Whisky for Water campaign in 2019, bringing clean water boreholes to over 3000 people. Amongst many other things Feedback Madagascar currently feeds 80,000 children every day, protects 200,000 hectares of rainforest and has built over 100 schools. They do this with an innovative and comprehensive approach to poverty alleviation and forest protection. Jamie was awarded an OBE for services to rural development and wildlife conservation in Madagascar in 2018.

Sarah Kibblewhite has been an accountant for over 30 years working with both external clients and for the latter 20 years operationally within PwC. A wealth of business strategy, management and operational experience together with senior level responsibility for all aspects of people management.  Her whisky experience started as a hobby with her husband Brian and they now run an extensive portfolio of maturing casks managing a large private group of whisky fans.  Charity experience has focused to date on children, mental health and the importance of hospice support.

David co-founded McIlroy Coates in Edinburgh in 1984. The company rapidly grew to be the pre-eminent design house in Scotland and one of the top ten in the U.K. advising a broad range of clients, nationally and internationally.

Nick Morgan worked for United Distillers, and then Diageo, for thirty years, receiving the IWSC Outstanding Achievement in Scotch Whisky award in 2017.  He is a Master of the Quaich. A historian by training, he has recently published two books about Scotch whisky and is a regular contributor to online magazines and blogs.  He is a Trustee of the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (the Royal Warrant Holders’ Association charity), which supports excellence in British Craftsmanship.