About Us

Premium Australian spirits, delivered globally. We help your brand scale with confidence.

Meet David Hogan

Commercial Co-Pilot | Australian United Spirits

David helps spirits brands secure global listings and build sustainable, long-term growth in market. His focus is simple: get the right brands into the right markets, and make them work commercially.

With over 20 years’ experience across Bacardi, Maxxium and Four Pillars, David has worked across brand building, NPD, global travel retail and export expansion. He brings hands-on expertise in pricing, promotion and execution, ensuring activations deliver real, ROI-positive results, not just short-term spikes.

Australian United Spirits gives both emerging and established brands access to that experience and network, without the cost and complexity of full-time headcount, salaries and overhead.

It’s a flexible, commercially focused model designed to plug directly into your business, when and where you need it most.

Fractional Commercial Leadership for Global Expansion

Market Entry​

We manage global travel retail entry from strategy through to execution, securing listings and building strong account relationships.​

Distribution

We identify and negotiate with the right global distributors, ensuring alignment, reach, and long term commercial success.

Growth

We design and manage pricing, margin, and volume frameworks that drive sustainable growth and strong in-market performance.

Channels

We develop cruise and special channel opportunities, unlocking new revenue streams across high value travel retail environments.

Strategy

We create structured route to market plans that guide expansion, ensuring brands scale with clarity and commercial discipline.

Market Entry​

We manage global travel retail entry from strategy through to execution, securing listings and building strong account relationships.​

Distribution

We identify and negotiate with the right global distributors, ensuring alignment, reach, and long term commercial success.

Growth

We design and manage pricing, margin, and volume frameworks that drive sustainable growth and strong in-market performance.

Channels

We develop cruise and special channel opportunities, unlocking new revenue streams across high value travel retail environments.

Strategy

We create structured route to market plans that guide expansion, ensuring brands scale with clarity and commercial discipline.

Led by David Hogan, with 20+ years of global spirits experience across Bacardi, Maxxium and Four Pillars. Proven track record scaling premium brands from domestic strength to international growth through disciplined commercial architecture and deep retailer relationships.

Our Mission

Our mission is to elevate premium Australian spirits on the global stage. We represent brands with care, ensuring their craftsmanship, story, and quality are positioned with clarity in the world’s most discerning markets.

We achieve this through a considered and strategic approach.

Commercial Execution

Pricing and promotional strategy built to drive real results. We focus on price positioning, promotional depth and frequency, and activation planning that delivers ROI, not just volume. Everything is designed to support long term, sustainable growth in market.

Market Navigation

Knowing where to play and how to enter properly. We help brands navigate the complexity of global travel retail and export, identifying the right markets, partners and channels to set your brand up for success from day one.

Collective Advocacy

Stronger together in market. Through Australian United Spirits, brands benefit from shared scale across trade shows, brand ambassadors and in market activity. This collective approach improves visibility, credibility and execution, while unlocking access to government support and funding opportunities that individual brands often cannot access alone.

Our Values

Integrity

We operate with transparency & honesty, building trust with every brand & partner we work with.

Craftsmanship

We value the dedication behind every spirit, representing brands that take pride in quality, provenance & detail.

Precision

Every decision is considered. From market entry to distribution, we focus on getting the details right.

Excellence

We hold ourselves to a high standard in everything we do, ensuring consistent, premium representation at every stage.

Integrity

We operate with transparency & honesty, building trust with every brand & partner we work with.​

Craftsmanship

We value the dedication behind every spirit, representing brands that take pride in quality, provenance & detail.​

Precision

Every decision is considered. From market entry to distribution, we focus on getting the details right.​

Excellence

We hold ourselves to a high standard in everything we do, ensuring consistent, premium representation at every stage.​

Ready to Grow with the Right Partner?

Whether you are a distillery or a retailer, they connect the right products with the right markets, delivering seamless growth through trusted partnerships.

retailers & brands we work with