After completing a degree in Nutrition and Food Science, Kirsteen Campbell cut her teeth in the whisky industry in lab-based roles at both Diageo and The Scotch Whisky Research Institute. She joined Edrington in 2007, and was appointed as master blender for The Famous Grouse in 2016.

Motion hails Campbell as “a very talented master blender”, adding that he has “no doubt she will rise to this new challenge”.

Exported to more than 100 countries, Grouse is the UK’s and Scotland’s best-selling Scotch whisky, with 43m bottles produced every year.