Fondeur to Retire From General Cigar

Source from:  Tobacco Reporter 11/04/2009

General Cigar's Modesta Fondeur will retire as executive vice president of tobacco and operations on Dec. 31, 2009, and will continue as an advisor to the company. Modesta joined General Cigar in 1975 starting in the company's finance department. In the 1980s, she was appointed comptroller of General Cigar's Dominican operations. In the 1990s, she was promoted to an executive level position within the formerly-male-dominated manufacturing division. Since then, Modesta made a swift ascension to her current role, in which she supervises nearly 6,000 employees in the Dominican Republic and Honduras. Jhonys Diaz, General Cigar's vice president of operations, oversees the farming and cigar making operations and will take on an increased role after Fondeur's retirement. Enditem