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Kieran Poynter joined the Board of British American Tobacco (BAT) in 2010, after a long career with accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.12 Advisor to UK Chancellor in Wake of Lost Personal Data Scandal in 2007 In November 2007, Poynter was appointed advisor to the then UK chancellor Alistair Darling, in the wake of a scandal that saw Her…

Kevin Freudenthal was the regional director-Americas and president and CEO of Commonwealth-Altadis (Imperial Tobacco) from 2012 to February 2017.56 Long-Standing Career in Tobacco Industry Freudenthal has worked in the tobacco industry since the mid 1980s. His previous roles included: Vice President Category Management, Altria (2009-2010) Various marketing and sales roles in U.S. Smokeless Tobacco…

Kevin Doran used to be Director for European Affairs at public relations firm Bell Pottinger. Background Doran left Bell Pottinger in September 2011 to join public relations firm Grayling Brussels.7 Political Ambitions Doran was a North West Labour candidate for the May 2014 European Parliament elections,8 but failed to make the final list.9 Relationship with…

Kevin Click was a senior manager at Philip Morris International (PMI) until February 2014 when he retired.1314 Career with Tobacco Industry Click joined the tobacco industry in 1986 when he started working for Altria as an auditor. He has held various leadership positions, including:15 Senior Vice President for Human Resources (2011-2014) Senior Vice President and…

Background As of September 2012, Kenneth Clarke has held the cabinet position of Minister without portfolio. Between May 2010 and September 2012, Clarke was the British Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor. Before that he was Shadow Business Secretary for a year. From 1998 until 2007 he was a non-executive Deputy Chair of British American Tobacco (BAT)…

Ken Burnett was as non-executive director of Imperial Tobacco from 2006 to 2016.28 TobaccoTactics Resources Imperial Tobacco Relevant Link Imperial Tobacco homepage ReferencesHide↑British American Tobacco, Meet the Board: Kieran Poynter, undated, accessed November 2017↑R.

Background Katie Perrior is director of iNHouse Communications and ex-head of the campaign by Boris Johnson to become Mayor of London. 29 She is also an ex-media director for the Stockholm Network. At the Network she worked with Tim Evans, who is now at the Economic Policy Centre and was a signatory to the…

Katherine Graham is a tobacco industry executive. Since July 2011, she has been the Regulatory Affairs Stakeholder Relations Manager at Japan Tobacco International. Before that she was Campaign Manager for the Tobacco Retailers Alliance (April 2007 – July 2011).32 She tweets at @Dame_Graham. Global Tobacco Networking Forum In 2010, Graham was an invited speaker at the…

Kate Marley has been Head of Government Affairs at Philip Morris UK & Ireland since July 2017.34 PMI informed newspaper The Guardian in October 2017 that Marley’s role was “to offer PMI’s support for the British government’s plan in its aim to encourage smokers to switch to less harmful products”.35 Revolving Door: Former Political Aide Turned…

Karl McCartney was the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Lincoln, England, from May 2010 to June 2017. Relationship with the Tobacco Industry Accepted Tobacco Hospitality In May 2011, McCartney accepted two tickets to the Chelsea Flower Show, and associated lunch, worth £1,132.80 from Japan Tobacco International (JTI).45 JTI spent £23,000 entertaining MPs in the UK in six…