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Jerry Whitson has been Deputy General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Philip Morris International (PMI) from 2011.1 He joined PMI in 2010 as Vice President and Deputy Corporate Secretary.2 Long Standing Relationship with the Tobacco Industry Prior to his employment with PMI, Whitson was employed by law firm Hunton & Williams and served 25 years as…

Jens Rohde is a Danish politician, who has been a Member of European Parliament (MEP) since 2009. Background Rohde is a member of the Alliance of the Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE). During the revision of the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), Rohde was a member of the Parliamentary Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE),…

Jennifer Li has been on the Board of Directors of Philip Morris International (PMI) since 2010.9 According to her profile on PMI’s website, Li is the Chair of the company’s Audit Committee and a Member of the Finance and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees.9 Background In 2008, Li became the Chief Financial Officer at Baidu which…

Jeffries Briginshaw is the Founder and CEO of Transatlantic Business Britain (TBB), and a Partner at Regulatory & Trade at Firehouse Communications, a “leading UK based reputation management consultancy”. According to TBB’s website, Briginshaw “provides strategic and technical advice to clients including multinational and trade associations on policy, regulatory, market entry, FDI and trade policy challenges and opportunities”.1213…

Jeff Stier is a senior fellow of the National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR), an American right-wing think tank. Background Stier is a vocal advocate of tobacco harm reduction. This is an approach to reducing the harm caused by tobacco, by encouraging cigarette smokers to switch to alternative, less harmful sources of nicotine and tobacco, even…

Rose is director of the Center for Smoking Cessation Research (CSCR), founded in 2004 as the Center for Nicotine and Smoking Cessation Research (CSNCR),29 at Duke University, an institution with a long history of tobacco money (for more detail see Duke University and the Tobacco Industry). He is also the President and CEO of the Rose Research Center,…

Jean-Marc Lévy was Director of Marketing at British American Tobacco (BAT) until his retirement from BAT on 31 December 2014.4647 In July 2016, he briefly joined the Board of Reynolds American (RAI) but left in July 2017, around the same time BAT acquired RAI.48 Long-Standing Career with BAT Lévy worked for BAT from 1993 to…

JCIC International is a public affairs and advocacy consultancy firm established in 2011 which specialises in “advocating the views of business in international forums”.50 Its website reads: “We are public affairs and advocacy specialists. We understand the regulatory process at the national and international level. We represent both the public and the private sectors. We can engage stakeholders on…

Background Japan Tobacco International (JTI) is an international tobacco business owned by Japan Tobacco Group. The company was formed in 1999 when the Japan Tobacco Group spread into the international market by the acquisition of several companies around the world. In 1999, the Japan Tobacco Group bought the US multinational RJ Reynolds. In 2007, JTI bought another major tobacco manufacturer, Gallaher.

Japan Tobacco Group is the parent company of Japan Tobacco, a Japanese tobacco company and Japan Tobacco International, an international tobacco business.129 Directors JT Group’s board includes:130 Yoji Wakui, Chairman of the Board Hiroshi Kimura, director Munetaka Takeda, director Mitsuomi Koizumi, director Masakazu Shimizu, director Yasushi Shingai, director Noriaki…