The newly appointed policy manager

New policy manager at The Wine Spirit and Trade Association

20th January 2010, 10:30am

The Wine Spirit and Trade Association (WSTA) has appointed Laura Davies as its new policy manager.

Davies joins the trade body from the Conservative Party, having been a special adviser to Shadow Home Secretary Chris Grayling.  She was previously policy adviser at the Federation of Small Businesses and before that a policy adviser and analyst at the Home Office. She replaces Stephen Hogg who is returning to the Civil Service.

WSTA chief executive Jeremy Beadles commented:  "I am delighted to welcome Laura to the team.  She brings valuable experience of working with businesses and in the political world and I am confident she will be a real asset to the WSTA.

"I'd like to thank Stephen Hogg for his valiant efforts on our behalf.  He has worked tirelessly to promote the role industry can play in alcohol policy and has helped establish Community Alcohol Partnerships as a model for tackling alcohol misuse and associated anti-social behaviour at local level.  We wish him well in his future work at the Home Office."

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• 13 Aug 2009 - WSTA warns mandatory code is not the solution
• 01 Sep 2008 - WSTA survey confirms remorseless rise of rosé

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