Nicholas I. Fink
President & Chief Executive Officer
Executive
0 yr
20 reports
Leadership change William A. Newlands departed as President & CEO · 8-K Feb 12 2026
Constellation Brands, Inc. ·STZ
CEO transition reshapes enterprise team amid beer-led structure
Food, Beverages & Tobacco · Fortune #418 · Hybrid structure · 9K employees · Victor, New York
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7
CEO span
↓ tighter than peers (avg 10)
2.4
Avg span
tight
3
Max depth
3 levels
4.3 yr
Avg tenure
↓ 1.1yr from FY2025
50%
Internal hires
near industry avg
Consolidated financials FY2026 · period end 2026-02-28 · 10-K
Revenue
$9.1B
Operating income
$2.7B
Net income
$1.7B
Total assets
$21.9B
Sourced from Constellation Brands, Inc. 10-K · filed 2026-04-22 ↗ View on SEC
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Constellation Brands operates a CEO-centric enterprise structure where the Beer and Wine & Spirits presidents report directly to the CEO, with no COO layer. This page details the executive org chart, recent CEO transition, divisional leadership, and how the structure compares with beverage peers.
What to model
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Latest signal Nicholas I. Fink joined as President & CEO
Appointed President and CEO effective April 13, 2026.
Source · See change logScenario views in the chart
- Add Chief Operating Officer Introduce a COO role to oversee Beer and Wine & Spirits operations, reducing CEO span of control.
- Move IT under Finance Shift the CIO to report to the CFO to tighten cost and capital discipline across enterprise systems.
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The people
Who's running this
8 executives identified as Named Executive Officers in the most recent SEC proxy. Bar length scales with tenure.
internal
Garth Hankinson
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Finance
8 yr
3 reports
President, Beer Business
President, Beer Business
Beer
3 yr
2 reports
President, Wine & Spirits
President, Wine & Spirits
Wine & Spirits
4 yr
2 reports
Chief Human Resources Officer
Chief Human Resources Officer
HR
5 yr
2 reports
Chief Information Officer
Chief Information Officer
IT
4 yr
2 reports
Chief Marketing Officer
Chief Marketing Officer
Marketing
6 yr
0 reports
internal
Jeffrey H. LaBarge
Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Officer
Legal
0 yr
2 reports
The businesses
How Constellation Brands, Inc. divides the work
5 divisions report into the group CEO. Tile size scales with estimated headcount.
Beer Business
6K employees
President, Beer Business
Leads Constellation’s U.S. beer portfolio, its largest revenue and profit contributor.
Wine & Spirits
2K employees
President, Wine & Spirits
Manages the wine and spirits portfolio following recent repositioning and divestitures.
Finance
400 employees
EVP & CFO (Garth Hankinson)
Oversees financial reporting, capital allocation, treasury, and cost-savings initiatives.
Legal & Compliance
200 employees
EVP & Chief Legal Officer (Jeffrey H. LaBarge)
Responsible for legal affairs, governance, compliance, and M&A support.
Human Resources
300 employees
Chief Human Resources Officer
Leads talent, compensation, culture, and executive succession.
The thesis
Why this org is unusual
The most distinctive feature of Constellation Brands’ structure is the CEO-led enterprise model that keeps both the Beer and Wine & Spirits business presidents reporting directly to the CEO.
This places brand P&L ownership at the same hierarchical level as core functional leaders such as the CFO and Chief Legal Officer. The recent CEO transition reinforces this design, with no COO role inserted to buffer the CEO from operating units.
The structure shows a hybrid model: strong divisional autonomy for Beer and Wine & Spirits, combined with centralized enterprise functions (Finance, Legal, HR, IT, Marketing). Each division maintains its own operations and sales leadership, while strategic control, capital allocation, and governance remain centralized. This is consistent with Constellation’s emphasis on beer as its primary earnings engine, while still preserving focus on its repositioned wine and spirits portfolio.
- No COO role
- Beer and Wine & Spirits presidents report directly to CEO
The comparison
How Constellation Brands, Inc. stacks up
Compared with peers like Diageo and Molson Coors, Constellation Brands maintains a relatively lean top team without a formal COO. Many global beverage peers interpose a regional or operational COO layer, whereas Constellation keeps divisional presidents directly accountable to the CEO. The CEO span of control is higher …
C-suite size
Constellation Brands, Inc.
8
Diageo
10
Molson Coors
9
Brown-Forman
8
Heineken
11
Reporting depth
Constellation Brands, Inc.
3 levels
Diageo
5 levels
Molson Coors
5 levels
Brown-Forman
4 levels
Heineken
6 levels
Avg C-suite tenure
Constellation Brands, Inc.
4 yr
Diageo
5 yr
Molson Coors
4 yr
Brown-Forman
6 yr
Heineken
5 yr
Has COO / Has CAIO
Constellation Brands, Inc. — no COO — no CAIO
Diageo ✓ COO — no CAIO
Molson Coors ✓ COO — no CAIO
Brown-Forman — no COO — no CAIO
Heineken ✓ COO — no CAIO
Current signals
What changed recently
Constellation Brands completed a major CEO transition in April 2026, appointing Nicholas Fink and promoting a new Chief Legal Officer.
Leadership Timeline
Year-over-year executive structure based on SEC proxy and annual filings.
FY2026
10-K filed 2026-04-22
- CEO
- William A. Newlands
- CEO span
- 7
- C-suite
- 7
- Avg tenure
- 5.1 yr
Final filing reflecting Newlands as CEO prior to April 2026 transition.
Named executive officers (3)
- William A. Newlands - President & CEO since 2019
- Garth Hankinson - EVP & CFO since 2017
- James O. Bourdeau - EVP & Chief Legal Officer since 2016
FY2025
10-K filed 2025-04-23
- CEO
- William A. Newlands
- CEO span
- 7
- C-suite
- 7
- Avg tenure
- 5.4 yr
Stable leadership year with focus on cost savings.
Named executive officers (2)
- William A. Newlands - President & CEO since 2019
- Garth Hankinson - EVP & CFO since 2017
FY2024
10-K filed 2024-04-25
- CEO
- William A. Newlands
- CEO span
- 7
- C-suite
- 7
- Avg tenure
- 5.8 yr
Beer-led structure firmly established.
Named executive officers (1)
- William A. Newlands - President & CEO since 2019
Year-over-year changes
CEO succession completed with no change to overall structure or span.
- CEO span: 7 → 7
- C-suite size: 7 → 7
- Avg tenure: 5.4 → 5.1 yr
- departed William A. Newlands - President & CEO (8-K Feb 12 2026)
- new Nicholas I. Fink - President & CEO (8-K Feb 12 2026)
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is the CEO of Constellation Brands?
Nicholas I. Fink has served as President and CEO since April 13, 2026.
What type of organizational structure does Constellation Brands use?
Constellation Brands uses a hybrid enterprise structure combining divisional P&L leaders with centralized corporate functions.
How many direct reports does Constellation Brands' CEO have?
The CEO has seven direct reports, including divisional presidents and core functional leaders.
How has Constellation Brands' leadership changed recently?
In 2026, the company transitioned CEOs, appointing Nicholas Fink and promoting a new Chief Legal Officer.
Does Constellation Brands have a COO?
No, Constellation Brands does not currently have a Chief Operating Officer role.
Sources
- 8-K Filing, Feb 12 2026
- 8-K Filing, Oct 2 2025
- SEC EDGAR: Constellation Brands, Inc. DEF 14A Proxy Statement
- SEC EDGAR: Constellation Brands, Inc. 10-K Annual Report
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