Founders
ABHAY KEWADKAR
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Abhay was Executive Director and Chief Wine Maker of United Spirits Limited, A Diageo Group Company’s wines segment, until 2017. As a member of the company’s management committee, Abhay has a comprehensive understanding of the alcoholic beverage industry in India.
Abhay is a well-recognized person in the wine and alcoholic beverage industries, and he has been intimately involved in the establishment of firms such as Chateau Indage and Grover Vineyards, to name a few.
Abhay is one of the company’s founders and its managing director. He is also a co-promoter of Tetrad Microbreweries Pvt. Ltd., which owns & operates the very successful & multi-award-winning Fox in the Field brewery located in Whitefield.
Abhay continues to be a sought-after consultant for the Alcobev industry & Indian wineries.
RISHAD MINOCHER
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Has over four and a half decades of experience in the hospitality business. He has extensive knowledge and hands-on management and consulting experience with hotels, restaurants, and bars. His interest in alcoholic beverages includes wines, spirits, and craft beers, and he has thus built up deep knowledge of their history, production, and sale.
Rishad has been a chef, and executive chef, and then held senior management positions within the Taj Group, SAS Hotels, Denmark; Spencer’s Hotels, and Fiesta Restaurants in India, among others.
He has been a successful entrepreneur, co-owning the renowned boutique Highgates Hotel and owning and managing a large-scale catering business for two decades. Rishad is a sought-after hospitality consultant and has delivered more than 50 projects in India and internationally.
He is the co-founder and executive director of Tetrad Global Beverages and Tetrad Microbreweries Pvt. Ltd.
JOSEPH M. ANDRADE
CO-FOUNDER
Joseph is a highly successful entrepreneur, and the Chairman and Managing Director of EPL One. General Trading LLC EPLOne is one of the leading multi-modal freight forwarding companies in the UAE.
Joseph also has varied business interests in the healthcare and seafood businesses, During the many years that he’s lived and worked in the UAE, he has developed an unmatched business and personal network.
He is a co-founder of Tetrad Global Beverages and Tetrad Microbreweries.
