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Kalpana Morparia was appointed to the Board of Directors of Philip Morris International (PMI) in December 2011.1 The total compensation package Morparia received in 2016 for being a PMI non-executive Director was worth US$350,000.2 Background Morparia is an Indian banker, who was named one of “50 Most Powerful Women in International Business” by Fortune magazine in…

Since May 2018 tobacco-industry front group the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World (FSFW) has been funding the establishment of multiple research centres into tobacco harm reduction across the globe.78 The FSFW is an ostensibly independent scientific organisation aimed at ‘accelerating the end of smoking’ which is solely funded by Philip Morris International (PMI). The…

Fadoul Pekhazis served as Regional President for the Middle East/Near East/Africa/Turkey and World Wide Duty Free (WWDF) at Japan Tobacco International (JTI) from October 2005 until February 2016.4849 In February 2016 he left the tobacco company.50 Career with Japan Tobacco International Pekhazis joined RJ Reynolds in 1988 where he held various marketing and sales…

In addition to being funding by all of the leading transnational tobacco companies (TTCs), internal tobacco industry documents, now publicly released as a result of litigation, reveal that ITIC has a longstanding history of facilitating the tobacco industry’s access to government officials. The industry’s aim was, and still is, to influence tax and other regulatory policies that might threaten…

Background Beyond Research is a Zambian company with the stated aim of “enhancing access to justice”.61 According to its website, Beyond Research’s work involves running programmes on the themes of law and justice and conducting research including “specialist areas of legal and institutional analysis, field surveys, quantitative and qualitative analysis”.6162 However, since 2017, the activities described on…

Beverley Spencer-Obatoyinbo was appointed as Managing Director at British American Tobacco Kenya (BATK) in May 2017,84 replacing Keith Gretton.85 She is also the Area Director for BAT East and Central Africa Area.84 Long-Standing Career with BAT Spencer-Obatoyinbo joined BAT in 1996 and has held several senior positions, including:848687 Area Director of BAT Swiss…

Background Imperial Brands (previously Imperial Tobacco, for simplicity referred to as Imperial) is a transnational tobacco company that is headquartered in Bristol, United Kingdom (UK). It is the fourth largest tobacco company in the world, after Philip Morris (PMI), British American Tobacco (BAT), and Japan Tobacco International (JTI), and excluding the Chinese National Tobacco Corporation (CNTC).95…

Jacek Olczak was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Philip Morris International (PMI) in May 2021. 197 Olczak succeeded André Calantzopoulos, who became Executive Chairman of the PMI Board. In announcing Olczak’s appointment, PMI stressed his experience in developing its newer nicotine and tobacco products into new markets and in particular IQOS.198 Olczak was previously Chief…

This page was archived on 15 January 2020 and is not actively maintained Based in Nigeria, Rosebank Consulting offered a consultancy service to African governments as well as the private sector on how to manage the social and environmental risks arising from their activities.202 When active, its website listed a team of seven employees.203 Among them were…

In Italy, the lead scientist in a clinical trial on e-cigarettes (also known as electronic nicotine delivery systems, or ENDS) was involved in marketing the brand of e-cigarettes that he researched himself. A clinical trial at the University of Catania in Italy and published in BMC Public Health (available on BioMedCentral) in October 2011 stated that e-cigarettes were more…