Management Team / Advisory Board Bios
Patty Baer Creative Director & Board MemberPatty is co-founder of Pure Brands and has over 5 years of experience working within the luxury consumer goods sector. Over that time, she has helped manage and implement global marketing and sale campaigns and strategies across multiple continents. It is Patty’s eye for design as well as her meticulous palate that has led to the creation of Buena Fé’s incredibly successful Organic Tequila Quenchers.
Patty works approximately 20 hours per week in her role with Pure Brands and as many additional hours as necessary depeniding on requirements.
Andrew BushbyCEO, President, CFO & Board MemberAndrew is CEO and Co-Founder of Pure Brands. Prior to founding Pure Brands, Andrew worked as a Director in the Savills Capital Markets Group. Andrew has over 15 years of experience in advising and raising capital for clients across all enterprises. Prior to joining Savills, Andrew spent eight years as a development manager at The Blackstone Group where he managed the development and repositioning of over $6BN worth of real estate assets in Europe and Asia., Jason KaneHead of Sales and Distribution and Lead AdvisorJason, our head of sales and distribution and lead advisor is the former President of Mark Anthony Brands; Mike's Hard Lemonade and has over 30 years’ experience in the beverage industry creating, developing, launching and building brands. He has had multiple successful exits to both beverage giants and private equity firms.
Jason works approximately 30 hours per week in his role with Pure Brands and as additional hours as necessary depeniding on requirements.
Paul KincaidVice President SalesPaul is our Vice-President of Sales and is former Gallo Wine & Seagram management with over 16 years experience in the alcohol beverage industry, specializing in RTDs.
Paul works approximately 30 hours per week in his role with Pure Brands and as additional hours as necessary depeniding on requirements
Melanie DeFilippisFractional Chief Marketing OfficerMelanie DeFilippis is a fractional CCO & CMO with ten years of experience in corporate and agency settings. As the founder of two marketing and one tech startups, Melanie is passionate about scaling small businesses by developing creative strategies and executing PR, Marketing, and Social Media campaigns that captivate audience attention. With an impressive 50% growth to a $50 million consumer brand in just one year and taking a $0 territory to a $10 million book of business in 3 years for one of the medical industry's most competitive suppliers, Melanie looks forward to her next adventure of placing Pure Brand Company's portfolio at the center of the RTD market.
Melanie works approximately 20 hours per week in her role with Pure Brands and as additional hours as necessary depeniding on requirements
Krishna Skandakumar Senior Counsel & Board MemberKrishna Skandakumar advises private equity and real estate managers and sponsors throughout the entire life cycle of an investment arrangement and on all aspects of the establishment, operation and liquidation of private funds and companies across various asset classes with a focus on private equity, infrastructure, real estate and secondary transactions. He also advises on a wide range of investment arrangements in addition to traditional fund structures, including routinely advising on consortia, separately managed accounts, co- investments and joint ventures.
Krishna works approximately 10 hours per week in his role with Pure Brands and as many additional hours as necessary depending on requirements.
