SWITZERLAND. JT International (JTI), makers of the Camel, Winston and Mild Seven premium cigarette brands, has announced the appointment of Henri Meimoun as its new marketing and sales sirector for WWDF (worldwide duty free) and Iran, based at the company’s Geneva headquarters. He was previously sales director – North & Western Europe Duty Free.
Meimoun brings over 20 years of experience in the duty free industry to his new responsibilities. After joining R J Reynolds France in 1977, he held various duty free sales positions from 1982 onwards, including sales director duty free France, UK, Benelux, Switzerland, Scandinavia, Baltics, Israel and Iceland.
“I am delighted to now be taking on worldwide responsibility for JTI’s duty free business,” he said. “Although some would say that it is a difficult time for tobacco in duty free, we at JTI we are confident that long term this global business will continue to offer important and valuable opportunities for our key brands.”
Meimoun added that under his stewardship, JT International’s duty free teams would build on the success of last year’s Camel relaunch, in line with a commitment to quality, innovation, consistency and investment. “More is on the way as we strive to offer a competitive portfolio of exciting brands to duty free operators worldwide,” said Meimoun
