The appointment is effective 1 February 2014.
Alvarez succeeds Jane Morreau, who has been promoted to chief financial officer.
Alvarez currently serves as general manager of operations at Casa Herradura in Jalisco, Mexico, and oversees the Sonoma-Cutrer wine operations in California. He joined Brown-Forman in 2007 as director of Louisville Production Operations.
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