Jessica Spence is Beam Suntory’s President of North America, leading the company’s commercial operations in Canada and the United States, Beam Suntory’s largest and most profitable market. She brings 25 years of global spirits and consumer products experience across both commercial and brand-building roles, most recently as Beam Suntory’s first President of Brands where she led company-wide strategy to unleash the full potential of its iconic brands by transforming the operating model to a global, brand-led model that delivers on the company’s premiumization and growth ambitions. Jessica became President of North America in January 2023. Jessica joined Beam Suntory in 2019 from Carlsberg Group where she served as Chief Commercial Officer, overseeing the company’s global marketing, sales, insights, R&D and innovation functions. She previously served as Carlsberg’s Senior Vice President Commercial based in Copenhagen, and in senior commercial and marketing roles for Carlsberg Asia based in Hong Kong. Jessica has a Master of Arts in Philosophy with honors from the University of Cambridge, a Post Graduate Diploma in Economics from the London School of Economics & Political Science and an MBA from INSEAD. She is a member of the Fortune Most Powerful Women network and WomenCorporateDirectors, a community of women corporate board directors.