Drinks Americas Elects Douglas Cole to Board

05/21/2012 – Ridgefield, Conn.  (PRNewswire) – Drinks Americas Holdings, Ltd., ("Drinks") (OTCBB: DKAM), a leading developer and marketer of beverage products, announced that on May 15, 2012, Douglas D. Cole, age 57, was elected to the board of directors of Drinks Americas Holdings, Ltd.

Since September 2006, Mr. Cole worked with Objective Equity LLC, a boutique Investment Bank based in New York. Mr. Cole focuses most of his time on initial financing, corporate structure and M&A.  From February 2003 to February 2006, Mr. Cole served as the Executive Vice Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of TWL Corporation, now based in Carrollton, Texas. TWL Corporation is a provider of integrated learning solutions for compliance, safety, emergency preparedness, continuing education and skill development in the workplace. During his tenure at TWL Corporation, Mr. Cole led the acquisitions of similar companies in Australia, Norway, South Africa and the US, including the acquisition of Primedia Workplace Learning. Mr. Cole also serves on the board of directors for Longwei Petroleum Investment Holding Limited.

Mr. Cole received a B.A. from University of California Berkeley in 1978. 

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