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Managing Director: Mark Reynier
Date of Birth 10/12/61 London.
1980 – 1984 Wine & Spirit merchant JB Reynier Ltd
1985 – 1986 Brewer Eldridge Pope PLC
1986 – 2004 Wine & Spirit merchant La Reserve
1996 - Independent Malt Whisky Bottler Murray McDavid Ltd
2001 – Bruichladdich Distillery Company Ltd.

The Worshipful Company of Distillers, Keeper of the Quaich, Chevalier du Tastevin, Freeman of the City of London
The third generation to join the drinks industry. Both grandfathers were involved, Joseph Reynier in the wine trade since 1919, and Jock McDavid in the whisky trade.
His parents met on the first fairway of the Isle of Arran’s Blackwaterfoot Golf Club during the WWII while his father attached to The Royal Highland Fusiliers (winning an MC) was training in the Commandos, his mother had been evacuated from Edinburgh.
Mark's started with J.B.Reynier bottling wine. After two years learning about brewing, blending whiskies and retailing wine with Dorset brewers Eldridge Pope, in 1986 Mark created wine & spirit merchant La Reserve with school friend Simon Coughlin in London.
Fate led Mark to Bruichladdich. It started by winning a £1000 bottle of single malt at a lucky draw at the 1985 London Wine Fair. Collecting the prize from Jack Milroy Mark was persuaded to try various cask samples, one which caught his attention was Bruichladdich.
The first visit to Bruichladdich was in 1989, and despite being a customer, was refused entry. “No Visitors – Plant Closed”. The seed was sown, and a long campaign started to acquire the distillery.
Independent whisky bottler Murray McDavid, named after the Scottish half of his family, was formed in 1996 with Gordon Wright, offering natural whiskies, carefully selected, from various distillers past and present.
On 19th December 2000 Bruichladdich distillery was finally purchased - 30 minutes later his son was born. His family moved to Islay in 2004.