From her beginnings as a tour guide to working in commercial, Hazel Macleod’s career in whisky wasn’t a planned one. Now a whisky specialist for Woven Whisky, she’s using the skills she learned on the Atonia Programme to overcome self doubt, fight negativity, and eradicate the need for the term “women in whisky”.

As we end another busy year in the whisky industry, five women in whisky look forward to 2025 and tell us their hopes for the future of the category and the women who work within it.