Central European Distribution Corp.

William V. Carey has served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since its inception in 1998. Mr. Carey began working for Carey Agri, a subsidiary of the Company, in 1990, and instituted and supervised the direct delivery system for CEDC’s nationwide expansion. Mr. Carey has 14 years experience heading distribution companies in Poland. Mr. Carey is a graduate of the University of Florida with a B.A. in economics.

joined the Company in September 1998 as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. From October 1993 until July 1998, Mr. Evangelou was Assistant Manager and General Manager of Louis Poland Sp. zo.o., where he was responsible for the operations of all food and beverage outlets within Warsaw International Airport. Prior to coming to Poland, Mr. Evangelou was in food and beverage management in the United Kingdom and Cyprus. Mr. Evangelou is a university graduate of New York Institute of Technology, N.Y.

joined the Company in January 2002 as Vice President, Corporate Secretary and Director of Investor Relations. From August 1996 through January 1998, he held the position of National Sales Director for Domestic Brands for Carey Agri, a subsidiary of the Company. Prior to joining the Company, he worked in Poland for AIG/Lincoln, a real estate development company, as Director of Marketing and Leasing. Prior to coming to Poland in 1995, he worked in the retail brokerage industry in New York for five years. Mr. Archbold holds an M.A. degree from Columbia University.

joined the Company as Vice President and Export Director in October 2005, having been a Director of the Board since 2002. Mr. Roberts has over 30 years experience in the alcoholic beverages field. From 1992 to January 2002, he was Vice President International for the Sutter Home Winery, responsible for all markets outside the United States. Prior to that, he held a variety of senior management positions at Seagram International, including marketing and sales, as well as several general management positions of Seagram production and distribution companies outside the United States. Mr. Roberts has an M.B.A. from the American Graduate School of International Management.

David Bailey has been a director of the Company since December 2003. Mr Bailey joined International Paper in 1968 and has held various levels of responsibility within that company including President IP Poland, and Managing Director Eastern Europe. His current duties are now focused on further business development in Eastern Europe and Russia. He is Chairman of the Board for IP Kwidzyn (Poland) and OAO Svetogorsk (Russia), subsidiaries of International Paper, with combined sales across the region of nearly $1 billion. In addition, he serves on the board of directors for the American Chamber of Commerce in Poland, Litewska Children's Hospital Foundation, United Way Poland, and is a member of the Polish Business Roundtable. Mr Bailey served in the United States Army and graduated with a Chemical Engineering Degree from Oregon State University.

has served as a director of the Company since its inception in 1998. Mr. Laskowski has lived and worked in Poland since 1991 and was involved at an Executive Management level in the successful start-up of two private Banks From 1996 to February 1999, he was the Vice President and member of the management board of American Bank in Poland, where he was responsible for business development. Before coming to Poland, Mr. Laskowski worked in London for Bank Liechtenstein (UK) Ltd from 1989 to 1991. He began his career with Credit Suisse, also in London, where he worked for 11 years. Presently Mr. Laskowski is a founding partner and CFO of Landoor Architektura, a real estate development and architectural services company, in Poland.

has been a director of the Company since August 2005, and has been a managing partner of fincoord since 1998. From 1994 to 1999, Mr. Sieger was an associate manager at fincoord. As a managing partner, Mr. Sieger is actively involved in negotiating and structuring international joint ventures for fincoord’s clients. Mr. Sieger is engaged in various new projects advising start-up companies on strategic matters. In addition, Mr. Sieger started and developed iscoord Ltd., an award winning information technology consulting and software development company. Mr. Sieger holds supervisory seats at FFC Fincoord Holding Ltd., iscoord ltd., ITI Holdings S.A., Luxembourg, and various other companies. Mr. Sieger has a degree in economics from the University of Applied Sciences for Business and Administration in Zurich.

N. Scott Fine has been a director of the Company since January 2003, and was previously a director during 2001. Mr. Fine is an investment banker at Scarsdale Equities, a New York based investment-banking firm. Mr. Fine has been involved in corporate finance for over 20 years. Previously, Mr. Fine was an investment banker at Fine Equities, focusing on small- to medium-cap companies and managing high net worth individuals and small institutions. Mr. Fine co-managed the Company s initial public offering. He has also worked on a series of transactions domestically and internationally in the healthcare and consumer products area. Mr. Fine currently sits on the Deans Advisory Board for The University of Connecticut s Neag School of Education at Storrs, Connecticut.

Robert P. Koch has been a director of the Company since February 2004. Mr. Koch is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Wine Institute. Prior to joining the Wine Institute, Mr. Koch held senior leadership positions in the U.S. Congress working for the House Majority Leader and House Majority Whip. He received his B.A. in Government and Politics from the University of Maryland in 1983.

Sergey Kupriyanov was elected to the board of directors effective March 13, 2008, and is nominated for election as a director at the annual meeting, as contemplated by the Share Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated March 11, 2008, among the Company, White Horse Intervest Limited, Bols Sp. z o.o. and William V. Carey, which governs the Company s acquisition of 85% of the capital stock of Copecresto Enterprises Limited from White Horse. Mr. Kupriyanov is a shareholder of White Horse and a director of Copecresto, and the Company expects that Mr. Kupriyanov will enter into an employment agreement with a subsidiary of Copecresto to become the general director of that subsidiary. Mr. Kupriyanov has served as Chief Executive Officer of Parliament Group, an affiliate of Copecresto, since 2003. Mr. Kupriyanov began working at ZAO Firm Urozhay, a subsidiary of Parliament Group, in 1991 as Deputy Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Kupriyanov has 17 years of experience heading alcohol-related companies in Russia. Mr. Kupriyanov is a graduate of Moscow State Technical University n.a. N.E. Bauman (MSTU) and has a degree in engineering.

has been a director of the Company since May 2000. Mr. Housh is a Warsaw, Poland-based investment and regulatory affairs advisor in private practice. Mr. Housh was the Executive Director of the American Chamber of Commerce in Poland from 1996 to 2000, where he obtained an in-depth knowledge of the Polish regulatory framework. He is also a member of the American Chamber’s board of directors as well as the board of directors of the Fulbright Commission. Prior to joining the American Chamber, Mr. Housh was the U.S. Treasury country officer for Poland at the Office of Technical Assistance. Mr. Housh is a graduate of Katholieke Universitiet van Leuven (Belgium) and the University of Kansas.