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Riis-Jørgensen is a senior advisor at Brussels-based public affairs company Kreab Gavin Anderson.1 The company counts snus manufacturer Swedish Match as one of its clients.2 Riis-Jørgensen is also the founder of the European Privacy Association (EPA), a Brussels-based lobby group. Lobbying on the Tobacco Products Directive Riis-Jørgensen lobbied the European Commission on the…

Karen de Segundo was a Non-Executive Director of British American Tobacco (BAT) from October 2007 until her retirement in 2016. 67 TobaccoTactics Resources British American Tobacco ReferencesHide↑Kreab Gavin Anderson, Our people in Brussels, undated, accessed January 2015…

Kantar is the research and data collection arm of public relations conglomerate WPP.8 Kantar itself is made up of 12 companies, including Kantar TNS, Kantar Media, Kantar IMRB, Kantar Health and Kantar Public. Tobacco Clients Kantar TNS: Japan Tobacco International In 2018, Japan Tobacco International (JTI) commissioned Kantar TNS to conduct an opinion poll to investigate…

Background Set up in 1979, the Group promotes free trade across the European Union and brings together an impressive roster of politicians, academics and business people.22 In 1989, the Kangaroo Group’s then director Pamela Entwistle, in a letter to British American Tobacco asking for support described its operations as: …works both in the limelight and also behind…

Background In November 2011, the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) unveiled the results of a major investigation into Japan Tobacco International‘s complicity in cigarette smuggling. The article alleged that: Russia and Middle East were the “hub of smuggling by JTI distributors”. JTI’s own investigators say JTI “did almost nothing when faced with reports their distributors smuggled tobacco…

Josie Appleton is the director of the Manifesto Club.41 She is a regular author for Spiked42, has spoken at conferences organised by the Institute of Ideas43 and a supporter of Forest’s Hands Off Our Packs campaign.44 Against Plain Packaging As a supporter of the Hands Off Our Packs campaign, Appleton argues…

José María Aznar is the former Prime Minister and President of Spain, in office as Prime Minister from 1996 to 2004 and President from 2004 to 2016.46 Since 2018, it has been widely reported by the international media that Aznar has taken a position as a lobbyist for Philip Morris International (PMI) in Latin America.474849…

Jorge da Motta has been on the leadership team of Japan Tobacco International (JTI) since 2014.66 In October 2018, he was appointed JTI’s Regional President Asia Pacific.66 Background Da Motta has previously worked for Kimberly Clark and SABMiller.66 Extensive Career with JTI Da Motta has worked for JTI since 2005, and has held various…

Jörg Schappei was Senior Vice President for Human Resources at Japan Tobacco International (JTI) from 2001 to 2016 when he left the tobacco company.7172 Career in the Tobacco Industry Schappei is a Doctor of Law and holds a Master of Law in European Management and Industrial Relations, as well as an MBA in General Management.71 He…

Jon Huenemann became Vice President, US & International Corporate Affairs Philip Morris International (PMI) in 2010.73 He retired in 2019.74 Affiliations Huenemann has represented PMI on several trade and lobby organisations, in particular in the Asia-Pacific region. US-ASEAN Business Council Huenemann has been a Board member of the US-ASEAN Business Council since 2015.75 The Business…