Colm Leen has served as a director of our company since January 2004. Mr. Leen also serves as a director of our subsidiaries, Castle Brands Spirits Group Limited and Castle Brands Marketing and Sales Company Limited. Since 1995, Mr. Leen has been the group finance director and company secretary of the Carbery Group, a supplier to our company. The Carbery Group is involved in the dairy, food ingredients and beverage alcohol industries, with established markets in Ireland, the United Kingdom, mainland Europe, the Far East and North America. Mr. Leen has been with the Carbery Group since 1988, initially joining it as company accountant and subsequently assuming the role of its financial controller in 1992 and his present role of group finance director in 1995. Mr. Leen is also the executive director of Carbery Milk Products Limited. Prior to joining Carbery, Mr. Leen worked with KPMG LLP from 1984 to 1988. He qualified as a chartered accountant in 1987, became an associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland in 1987 and a fellow of the Institute in 1997. Mr. Leen received a bachelor of commerce degree from University College Cork in 1984.
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