IBD and CIBD AGMs

Annual General Meeting 2024

We are pleased to invite you to our Annual General Meetings (AGMs) to be held on 10th September. This is a significant moment for our community as we are hosting two AGMs: the final AGM of the IBD and the first AGM of the Chartered Institute of Brewers and Distillers (CIBD). The AGMs will be an opportunity for you to understand the key changes at the IBD as we finalise our transition to the CIBD.

Find out about the resolutions, the prospective Trustees, formal notices and joining instructions and more on this page.

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IBD AGM Notice

All IBD members are eligible to attend this meeting. This is the official IBD AGM notice and will have information about both the Special and Ordinary Resolutions. These including regularising the Articles of Association for the IBD, receive and approve the 2023 Financial Statements and Annual Reports, approve the minutes from 2023 AGM, reappointing HaysMcintyre LLP as auditors for IBD accounts in 2024 and appointing Trustees.

Read the IBD AGM Notice and register to vote at the meeting

CIBD AGM Notice

This AGM can be attended by any of our members who joined on or before 21st December 2023 which was the date that the Royal Charter was sealed. As per the Charter, student members of the CIBD will not be eligible to vote in the CIBD AGM.

This will be our first CIBD AGM and the order of the business would include electing the Trustees and the transfer of the liabilities and assets from the IBD to the CIBD.

Read the CIBD AGM Notice and and register to vote at the meeting

Standard Members Fellows Honorary Fellows

Student and Introductory Members

How to vote in advance (IBD)

Your voting instructions will be issued from elections@mi-voice.com so please check your inbox and spam/junk folder. Please note the voter code is unique to you, so please do not share it with anyone else. You can request an email re-issue of your voting instructions by visiting www.mi-vote.com/secure/ibd

Advance voting will close at 23:59 on Sunday 8th September 2024.

If you need any help using the voting site, please contact Mi-Voice, who are an independent organisation supporting IBD with this process. You can contact them at support@mi-voice.com or by calling +44 (0)23 8076 3987.

How to vote in advance (CIBD)

Your voting instructions will be issued from elections@mi-voice.com so please check your inbox and spam/junk folder. Please note the voter code is unique to you, so please do not share it with anyone else. You can request an email re-issue of your voting instructions by visiting www.mi-vote.com/secure/ibd

Advance voting will close at 23:59 on Sunday 8th September 2024.

If you need any help using the voting site, please contact Mi-Voice, who are an independent organisation supporting IBD with this process. You can contact them at support@mi-voice.com or by calling +44 (0)23 8076 3987.

Find Out More About the Prospective Trustees

Georgina Young

Brewing Director at St Austell Brewery, Georgina has over 20 years’ experience in the industry including running the pilot facilities at Brewing Research International 1993-1999 as well as being becoming the first female Head Brewer at Fuller Smith & Turner where she has spent most of her career. Georgina became a Master Brewer in 2018, after returning to the industry from being a science teacher, to complement her MSc in Brewing & Distilling from Heriot Watt University.

Georgina has been actively involved with the IBD and she has served as the Chair of the Southern section from 2017-19.

Vikram Damodaran

Vikram Damodaran is currently the Chief Innovation Officer for Diageo in India. He is also the founder of Diageo India’s Craft Spirits business and is an executive member of Diageo Ventures in India.

With nearly 25 years of industry experience, Vikram brings a wealth of experience driving entrepreneurship and innovation. In his current role, Vikram is responsible for driving transformation and innovation at India’s only nationally certified Alco-Bev R&D center to cater to the rapidly evolving consumer needs in this space.

Jaideep Chandrasekharan

Jaideep is currently working as the Global Supply Chain Lead – Innovation & Technology at Asahi Group Holdings in Japan, and has almost 35 years of experience as a brewing & beverage professional.

Jaideep also has a long association with the IBD, and was made a Fellow of the IBD in 2019 to mark his contribution to the technical advancement of the Brewing & Distilling industry. He is also a Master Brewer since 1999 and graduated with Distinction in MSc. in Brewing Science from the University of Nottingham (UK).