Simon van Moppes is Managing Director of Pernod Ricard Global Travel Retail. Simon joined Pernod Ricard in the UK in 2006, running the off-trade and then on-trade channels before becoming Commercial Director. In 2015 he moved to the headquarters in Paris to take up the role of Global Business Development Director for On Trade. In 2017, Simon moved into the world of travel retail to head up the North Asia business unit for Pernod Ricard Global Travel Retail which covered China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Macau and Hong Kong.
Born and raised in London, Simon Van Moppes began his career with Unilever where he spent 16 years in a variety of marketing and sales roles in the UK and USA.