United Spirits Company Description
United Spirits Limited, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, sells, and distributes alcoholic beverages and other allied spirits in India and internationally.
It operates through Beverage Alcohol and Sports segments. The company offers alcoholic beverages, such as Scotch whisky, Indian made foreign liquor whisky, malts, tequila, brandy, rum, vodka, and gin under the Godawan, McDowell’s No.1, Royal Challenge, Royal Challenge American Pride, Signature, Antiquity, Black Dog, Director’s Special Black, McDowell’s Rum, McDowell’s Brandy, and McDowell’s X-series brands.
It also imports, manufactures, distributes, and sells alcoholic beverages under Diageo’s iconic brands, which include Don Julio, Singleton, Tanquery, Captain Morgan, Johnnie Walker, J&B, Baileys, Lagavulin, Talisker, VAT 69, Black & White, Smirnoff, and Ciroc.
In addition, the company holds the perpetual right to the Royal Challengers Bengaluru cricket franchise of Indian Premier League and Women’s Premier League.
It also exports its products to approximately 24 countries. The company was formerly known as McDowell & Company Limited and changed its name to United Spirits Limited in October 2006.
The company was founded in 1826 and is headquartered in Bengaluru, India. United Spirits Limited is a subsidiary of Relay B.V.
Country | India |
Founded | 1826 |
Industry | Beverages - Wineries & Distilleries |
Sector | Consumer Staples |
Employees | 2,420 |
CEO | Praveen Someshwar |
Contact Details
Address: UB Tower Bengaluru, 560001 India | |
Phone | 91 80 2221 0705 |
Website | diageoindia.com |
Stock Details
Ticker Symbol | UNITDSPR |
Exchange | National Stock Exchange of India |
Fiscal Year | April - March |
Reporting Currency | INR |
ISIN Number | INE854D01024 |
SIC Code | 2085 |
Key Executives
Name | Position |
---|---|
Praveen Someshwar | MD and Chief Executive Officer |
Pradeep Jain | Chief Financial Officer and Executive Whole-time Director |
Mital Arvind Sanghvi | Vice President of Treasury, Company Secretary and Compliance Officer |
Ruchira Jaitly | Chief Marketing Officer |
Jitendra Mahajan | Chief Supply and Sustainability Officer |
Kashinath Jha | Vice President of Manufacturing |
Ashok Arora | Vice President of Supply Finance |
Amitabh Pande | Vice President of Consumer Planning and Insights |
Gowri Advani | Vice President and Senior Counsel |
Monish Bhasin | Vice President of Sales |