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Richard Q. Armstrong. Mr. Armstrong has had a long and distinguished career as a manager and senior executive in a variety of consumer product businesses with particular emphasis in the beverage industry that culminated with positions as President of Canada Dry International, Canada Dry Worldwide and the combined companies of Canada Dry and Dr. Pepper. His storied career began in consumer, packaged goods marketing at LifeSavers International and several major advertising agencies in New York. Active in the wine and spirits
industry, he was managing director of LVMH US. Corporation, the U.S. subsidiary of the French luxury good conglomerate. After successfully restructuring regional Adirondack Beverages he returned to RQA Enterprises, his own investment and consulting firm. An honors graduate of Bowdoin College, he presently sits on the board of UBS Paine Webber Mutual Funds Group. He is a former Director of the Board of the Fuqua School of Business Administration at Duke University. | 