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Professor Peggy Chaudhry is an Associate Professor of International Business at the Villanova School of Business (Villanova University), where she has been teaching since 1991.1 According to her website, Chaudhry is considered “an expert in intellectual property, illicit trade issues (particularly, counterfeit/grey markets and distribution channels), and international business management. Her research interests include managerial tactics to curb…

Ewan Duncan is currently the head of British American Tobacco‘s anti-illicit trade unit. He manages a team that investigates counterfeiting and smuggling of illicit tobacco goods. He joined BAT in 2009, and previously was a brigadier and director of the Intelligence Corps.5 Speaker at Tobacco Industry Events In 2014, Duncan was a speaker at the Global Tobacco…

Background Paul Stockall was Communications & Intelligence Manager for the Tobacco Manufacturers’ Association (TMA) from 2011 until 2014. He continued to work for the TMA until mid 2018.7. The TMA is composed by British American Tobacco,Japan Tobacco International and Imperial Tobacco. TobaccoTactics Resources Tobacco Manufacturers’ Association British American Tobacco Japan Tobacco International…

Paul Neumann is Senior Vice President, Global Leaf, at Japan Tobacco International.8 Global Tobacco & Nicotine Forum He was a speaker at the 2012 and 2015 Global Tobacco and Nicotine Forum, an annual tobacco industry event known pre-2015 as the Global Tobacco Networking Forum.910 TobaccoTactic Resources Japan Tobacco International Global Tobacco and Nicotine…

Even Hurwitz was Senior Vice President for Corporate Affairs at Philip Morris International (PMI) from 2006 until June 2013.1112 He was also a Board member of SMPM International, a joint venture between PMI and Swedish Match to expand snus sales internationally, which was dissolved in 2015. Background Before joining the tobacco industry, Hurwitz…

Paul Bourassa was Senior Vice President for Legal, Regulatory Affairs and Compliance at Japan Tobacco International (JTI) from 2005 until 2015 when he left the company.22 Career at Japan Tobacco International Bourassa joined RJ Reynolds International (which was acquired by JTI in 1999) in 1993 as Senior International Counsel, and has held various senior positions including: Head…

The European Travel Retail Confederation (ETRC) is a pan-industry association lobbying for the interests of the duty free and travel retail industry in Europe, and is in receipt of tobacco industry funding. Tobacco Companies are Members Image 1. Screen grab taken on 8 January 2014. ETRC is registered on the EU transparency Register under the section “In-house…

Patrick Brunel has worked for Philip Morris International (PMI) since 1992, and became the company’s Chief Information Officer in January 2018.35 Career at Philip Morris International Brunel joined the tobacco company in 1992 as a financial analyst and has held various leadership roles since, including: Senior Vice-President and Chief Information Officer (2011-2017) Director of Finance, Administration and Information…

The European Smoking Tobacco Association (ESTA) represents the interests of European manufacturers, distributors and importers of rolling tobacco, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco and nasal snuff tobacco.36 Members More than 40 companies are members, including several subsidiaries of British American Tobacco (BAT) and Imperial Brands (previously Imperial Tobacco), as well as national trade bodies from across the European…

Background Patrick Basham is the director of the London and Washington based think tank the Democracy Institute.48 Basham was also the founding director of the Social Affairs Center at the tobacco industry funded Fraser Institute in Canada and former Adjunct Scholar at the libertarian Cato Institute.49 He has also claimed to hold a doctorate in Political…