Alastair Kennedy has an Honours Degree (B.Sc.) in Biochemistry from Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh and has the Master Brewer qualification from the Institute of Brewing and Distilling.

With a total of 35 years experience in the brewing industry, Alastair has spent 22 years of his career in the UK with Allied Breweries (latterly Carlsberg-Tetley) and 13 years with SAB Ltd / SABMiller in South Africa. Allied Breweries operated 8 breweries and 2 maltings in the UK and in Holland and Alastair held a number of line management positions in different breweries ,which included Brewing Manager, Technical Manager (Brewery & Trade), Business Improvement Executive and Production Director.

He also held a number of corporate roles, which included Group Technical Advisor, Group Quality Assurance Manager, and Group Operations Planning Executive. Alastair was also a Non-Executive Director of Carlsberg-Tetley Maltings. In 1997 Alastair joined South African Breweries and relocated to Johannesburg, South Africa. During his time with SAB Ltd he has held the following divisional roles, Senior Brewing Consultant, Technical Services Manager, Strategic Consultant - Raw Materials, Senior Brewmaster and Chief Brewer. In 2006 Alastair joined SABMiller Group Technical as Group Brewing Consultant and in 2009 he was appointed to his current position as Head of Technical Stewardship, SABMiller.