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MAKING merry

For Lisa Finkelstein, head of marketing at fine liquor merchants Truman & Orange, no summer lunch is complete without a gin ‘harvest’ table. “I like my guests to be creative and have fun making their own drinks, so I lay a gorgeous table with a selection of our premium brands, a variety of mixers and lots of ingredients, such as blueberries, pomegranate seeds, mint, rosemary sprigs and sliced cucumber,” she explains. “And for those who don’t wish to drink, there’s always Seedlip, an aromatic non-alcoholic alternative.”

Lisa studied politics and philosophy with the view to becoming a diplomat, but when a stint as an intern at a political party left her disillusioned, she decided to make a difference in another field. “I’ve always loved people and been fascinated by brands, so advertising and marketing seemed like a natural choice,” she says.

After two years with the company, she

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