Molson Coors names new chairman

DENVER, Colo. and MONTREAL — Molson Coors Brewing Company has announced that Andrew Molson, the current vice chairman of the Molson Coors board of directors assumed the role of chairman, and Pete Coors, current chairman, assumed the role of vice chairman, effective May 26.

Molson has been a member of the Molson Coors board of directors since 2005. He is a partner and vice chairman of Res Publica Consulting Group, a Montreal-based holding and management company for two leading professional services firms, National Public Relations and Cohn & Wolfe-Canada. He is a director of DundeeWealth, Groupe Deschênes and of the Montreal Canadiens Hockey Club. Molson is president of the Molson Foundation and serves on the board of directors of several other non-profit, business and community institutions.