Meet the Team
Get to know us!
Gregoire Gueden
CEO - Paris, France
Gregoire Gueden is the president of Spiribam and the CEO of the spirits division of GBH. With a mind constantly in motion, he is typically found between Paris, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Mauritius, or visiting a key export market. He spends his precious time with his wife and three children when he can break from pouring his rum all over the world.
Ben Jones
Managing Director
Ben Jones is the managing director of Spiribam North America. A lover of good food and great music, it's natural Jones is usually around awesome people and gorgeous rum. His life kind of reads like a popular Caribbean anthem:
1 of Sour: Can read balance sheets
2 of Sweet: Has two kids which he claims are the two greatest blends he ever made.
3 of Strong: Loves good rum and all the fabulous experiences that come with it.
4 of Weak: He and his lovely wife enjoy a wonderful life in South County RI with their family.
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Kiowa Bryan
Marketing Director
Kiowa Bryan originally hails from Vermont where she took her first job in the food and beverage industry over 20 years ago. She has been working with Spiribam for over six years and in her spare time enjoys belting Christmas carols far into February, reading political biographies, and snuggling her dog Martinique Warrilow McFly.
Margot janson
Operations Director
Margot Janson was born and raised in Rhode Island. She completed her MBA in Spain and worked in Boston prior to returning to her favorite “Ocean State” to join Spiribam. Margot manages supply chain and is at the helm of developing and maintaining our CRM systems. She loves spending time outdoors and experiencing new things.
Kigan Jo
Market Manager NYC
Kigan Jo is a seasoned bartender, rum enthusiast and indie music entrepreneur from Brooklyn with deep roots in Saint Lucia. Kigan is currently a Brand Ambassador for Spiribam representing rums from his native island and more in NYC and recently co-founded The Ideal Bartender Collective.
Lexie Anderson
Marketing Coordinator & Brand Manager
Originally from SF, Lexie moved to RI and graduated from Salve Regina with a degree in Marketing. She continued on to receive her MBA from the same University. Lexie started her career with Spiribam as an intern, and soon after transitioned to a full time role. She enjoys hockey, hiking and exploring the world of rum!
JON CHANG
Chicago Key Account Specialist
Jon Chang's passion for spirits and cocktails stems from 20 years behind the sticks, constantly learning and growing through experience and travel. He fine tuned this knowledge at renowned tiki bar Three Dots & a Dash in Chicago. No stranger to Spiribam, he won the Chairman's Mai Tai Challenge in 2018. This brought him to the world championship in Saint Lucia where he dove even deeper into the rich history and culture of Caribbean rum and rhum!
Jeff Stockton
Southeast Market Manager
Jeff Stockton started bartending over 10 years ago and has run bar programs in Brooklyn, NY and Atlanta, GA where he currently resides. He has long held a passion for r(h)um and began working with SPIRIBAM just over 2 years ago. He spends his free time reading sci-fi, gardening, and longing for a California burrito with his wife and son.
Ania Robbins
Market Manager TX, LA & NM
Moscow native Ania Robbins tended bar in London, Mobile, and Austin. After finishing graduate school she found herself wanting to pursue a career in the beverage industry. This is where she discovered and started exploring the world of authentic rum, which eventually lead her to join the Spiribam team in 2016. Besides rum, Ania loves DIY home design projects, hiking and listening to true crime podcasts.
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Dale ClarkE
Market Manager New York Metro
In 2005 Dale Clarke and his late wife Anna Clarke started Mega Metro Marketing LLC. While working for Mega Metro Marketing, Spiribam USA became Dales favored client. Dale took pride in presenting Spiribam products to accounts, and then following up and supporting those accounts afterward. In 2020 Dale officially joined the Spiribam team and Market Manager of the New York Market.
ANAYS DIAZ
Market Manager FL & Puerto Rico
Anays is a dedicated and well versed spirits professional, ready to build and grow the Spiribam portfolio in her territory!
Melanie Hartman
Regional Manager CA, WA & HI
Melanie Hartman has been with Spiribam since 2018. Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, she spent time working for one of California’s largest wine and spirits distributors, as well as owning and operating a restaurant prior to that. With more than 20 years of industry experience, Melanie found her appreciation for spirits while working at a popular tiki bar in the Bay Area, a passion which has helped her immensely throughout her career.
Nick Viane
Market Manager SoCal
A veteran of the LA bar scene since 2009, Nick proudly hails from the farmland of Illinois. Claiming to be a hardcore hip-hop purist, he also earned his MFA in Acting and held spears for years behind some of the world’s finest actors on stages across the country. Nick loves cooking, history, trivia, and his pets; and when he’s not spreading the word about world class rums, you can typically find him watching murder mystery shows with his wife or cuddling with his daughter. If it’s a Sunday in the fall, you WILL find him in a Green Bay Packers jersey, screaming at the television.
IAN SINGLE
Brand Ambassador New England & Upstate New York
Ian is a New England native who started work in the restaurant industry over 15 years ago. In that time he has worked for some of the best chefs all over the east coast from Charleston SC to NYC and Providence, RI. He enjoys spending his free time in the mountains skiing and hiking or whatever other outdoor activities the north east has to offer.
Dean Hurst
Brand Ambassador FL
Dean Hurst has spent the past 30 years in the hospitality industry, and his experience ranges from short-order cook to fine dining management. Over that time, Hurst’s interest in the bar business became a focus that eventually defined his career. Exploring different markets, working at cocktail events across the US and traveling to distilleries around the globe have all shaped Hurst’s understanding of spirits and cocktails.
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