Loch Lomond Group
The deal
Investing in the makers of fine Scottish malt, blended and grain whisky
Undisclosed
Deal size, February 2014
Fund II
Realised investment
The teams
Management Team
Chair: Nick Rose
CEO: Colin Matthews
Exponent Team
The story
Loch Lomond is a leading producer of malt, blended and grain whisky. Established in Scotland in 1842, the business remained in family ownership until Exponent acquired it in 2014.
Having built a buy-in plan with Operating Chairperson Nick Rose and CEO Colin Matthews - the former CFO of Diageo and former MD International Markets for Imperial Tobacco, respectively - Nick and Colin then assembled a team of former Diageo and Imperial Tobacco executives in order to deliver our strategic agenda.
We were attracted to Loch Lomond by the opportunity to transform the business into a branded, international malt and grain whisky producer.
The business was acquired in June 2019 by Hillhouse Capital for an undisclosed sum.