Brewer Innis & Gunn appoints new finance chief with internal promotion

She has been with Innis & Gunn for the past seven years and last November oversaw the firm’s successful equity crowdfunding campaign, AdventureCapital, which raised £2.5 million from more than 2,000 new shareholders.

Having joined the business in 2010 when it had only five employees, she has gone on to hold a number of senior roles in the company’s finance team and will now also join its board as it targets a doubling of turnover within the next three years.

Binnie, who prior to joining Innis & Gunn in 2010, spent four years with Sun Microsystems as a business analyst.

She also led the integration of Perth-based Inveralmond Brewery into the Innis & Gunn group following its purchase last April.

The company currently employs more than 50 staff.

Innis & Gunn chairman Tony Hunt, said: “Esther has made a significant contribution to the growth of Innis & Gunn’s over the last seven years. Most notably, recently, this has seen her play an integral role in our crowdfunding campaign.”