Imperial Tobacco Appoints GM for Australia

Source from:  Imperial Tobacco  05/12/2014

The world's fourth largest tobacco company, Imperial Tobacco, has appointed Paul Matthews as General Manager for Australasia.

Mr Matthews has a wealth of tobacco industry experience built up over a career of 20 years with the Imperial Tobacco Group (ITG). Having held a number of roles in the Sales area of our UK business, Paul moved to Mexico as General Manager then onto the USA as Vice President of Consumer & Trade Marketing.

Most recently Mr Matthews held the position of Senior Vice President of Sales for Commonwealth-Altadis, Inc - an Imperial Tobacco Group Company, leading a team of over 700 people in the USA.

Mr Matthews said he was looking forward to working for Imperial Tobacco in Australia.

"My priority is to build on the growth momentum ITA has already had, with a particular focus on strengthening our market share. Conditions are tough for the tobacco industry in Australia but our recently released half-year results show that we continue to demonstrate resilience and remain on course to deliver our full year targets."

"Imperial Tobacco Australia has had lots of success in recent years, driven mostly by JPS, Australia's fastest growing tobacco brand. Having said that, none of these remarkable results could have been achieved without our team of staff who have developed fantastic initiatives designed to back growth and build resilience." Enditem