International Distillers & Vintners was a brewing and wine and spirits distribution company, formed from the 1962 merger of W&A Gilbey and Justerini and Brooks.
[1] He had resigned from London County Council in 1958,[2] to become chairman of W&A Gilbey, a post he held for eleven years.
At the time of the merger, Gilbey's was the largest wine and spirits company in the United Kingdom.
[1] In 1962, W&A Gilbey merged with Justerini and Brooks to form International Distillers & Vintners.
[3][4] In 1997, Guinness merged with Grand Metropolitan to create Diageo.