Graham Ryan

Background

About Graham Ryan

Born in Ireland and matured in Japan, one thing is for sure, I grew up in the F&B industry. After learning the ropes at in the family restaurant business in Dublin, I joined the Jameson graduate programme in 2012. I spent 3 years in Tokyo with Jameson followed by 2 years with AB InBev handling business development and managing the international beer portfolio distribution with Kirin and Asahi beer corporations. Having grown up in a business environment entrepreneurialism is at the core of my mindset. I started out working in my family businesses in my early teens learning basic restaurant services. In 2006 at the age of 18 my curiosity of the world had become too great and I found myself traveling across Asia Oceana where I stayed for 2 years living in cities such as Tokyo, Sydney and Perth. Throughout those years I stayed working in the service industry where I experienced fine dining, café service where I gathered a fantastic insight to people’s habits and tastes from around the globe. 2008-2012 I returned to Ireland in order to get more education and to support my family in a successful launch of 2 more Iconic foodservice outlets in Dublin Ireland, my role at that time was as restaurant and business development manager. In the Summer of 2012 I joined the progressive and innovative international brand company Irish Distillers Pernod-Ricard and was immediately posted back in Tokyo, this time as a Jameson brand ambassador. In this time I have won the award of “Jameson Strategy Kickstarter” (December 2013) for locating and identifying the brand’s target consumer and inspiring my host market by bringing the brand to life at a consistently high level. I have developed excellent skills in working as a team member and team leader, designing, planning, initiating and developing new business ideas in an ever changing market.