Our leadership team

Mr. Olczak was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Philip Morris International (PMI) in May 2021. Committed to delivering a smoke-free future and expanding the company’s product portfolio into wellness and healthcare, Mr. Olczak has been a vital driver of PMI’s transformation into a business-to-consumer company innovating for better.

Mr. Olczak started his career with PMI in 1993, beginning in finance and general management positions across Europe, including Managing Director of PMI’s markets in Poland and Germany and President of the European Union Region. He was appointed Chief Financial Officer in 2012 and Chief Operating Officer in 2018. Before joining PMI, Mr. Olczak worked for BDO Binder. 

Mr. Olczak holds a master’s degree in economics from the University of Lodz, Poland.

Mr. Andolina became President, Europe Region in January 2023. He was previously Senior Vice President, Operations, a role he assumed in 2018. 

Mr. Andolina joined PMI in Lausanne in 2008 as Director, Operations Planning. In 2011, he became Vice President, Operations of the Latin America and Canada Region. Two years later, he moved to oversee the European Union Region’s operations. In 2016, he was appointed Vice President, Business Transformation.

Prior to joining PMI, Mr. Andolina held a variety of international positions in strategic marketing and general management for Tetra Pak International and in operations for R.J. Reynolds International. 

Mr. Andolina holds a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Palermo, Italy, and an MBA from IMD in Switzerland.

Mr. Babeau became Chief Financial Officer in May 2020. Before joining PMI, he spent over a decade at Schneider Electric, where he served as Deputy CEO in charge of Finance and Legal Affairs. He joined Schneider Electric in 2009 as Executive Vice President, Finance and a member of the Management Board.

From 1993–2009, Mr. Babeau worked at Pernod Ricard, initially as an Internal Auditor. He subsequently moved through several executive positions in France and abroad. As Chief Financial Officer and Group Deputy Managing Director, Mr. Babeau supervised Finance, Information Systems, and Industry Administration. He started his career at Arthur Andersen in 1990.

Mr. Babeau sits on the board of Davide Campari-Milano N.V. and previously served as Vice Chairman of AVEVA Group plc and as an independent director at Sanofi S.A. and Sodexo. He holds a degree from the École Supérieure de Commerce de Paris.

Mr. Barth became President, Combustibles Category & Global Combustibles Marketing in November 2021. He joined PMI in 1990 as a Marketing Trainee at Philip Morris Germany.

Beginning in 1992, Mr. Barth held positions in marketing, product management, brand supervision, and group management before becoming Marketing Director for Philip Morris Spain (2002) and then Sales Director for Philip Morris Germany (2004). He was then appointed Managing Director, Philip Morris Benelux. In 2011, Mr. Barth became Managing Director, Philip Morris Germany. He was appointed Senior Vice President, Marketing & Sales in 2015 and Senior Vice President, Commercial in 2018. 

Mr. Barth holds a degree in economics from Ludwig Maximilian University in Germany.

Dr. Chowdhury became Chief Life Sciences Officer, Smoke-Free Products in September 2022. He leads a talented team of scientific experts overseeing best-in-class programs to demonstrate the individual, clinical, and public health benefits of PMI’s smoke-free products for adults who would otherwise continue to smoke.

Dr. Chowdhury joined PMI from a U.S.-based biotech company developing inhalation products for rare respiratory diseases, where he was Chief Medical Officer. Prior to that, he was AstraZeneca’s Senior Vice President and Chief Physician-Scientist for Respiratory Inflammation and Autoimmunity Late-Stage Development in Biopharmaceuticals R&D.

Before joining the pharmaceutical industry, Dr. Chowdhury served as Director, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Rheumatology Products, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) at the U.S. FDA for more than two decades (1997–2018), providing scientific and regulatory oversight of therapies for lung, autoimmune, and inflammatory diseases. 

Dr. Chowdhury is a medical doctor and holds a PhD in immunology from Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada.

Mr. Coutts became Senior Vice President, Operations in January 2023. He oversees PMI’s diverse manufacturing footprint, supply chain, and related functions as the company evolves from a cigarette manufacturer to a science- and technology-driven organization delivering a smoke-free future. 

Mr. Coutts joined PMI in 1995 as an Operations trainee at Philip Morris Australia. He then held positions of increasing responsibility in several geographies, including Indonesia, Lithuania, and Russia. In 2016, he was appointed Vice President, RRP Manufacturing and Supply Chain. In 2018, he took on the role of Vice President, Global Manufacturing, heading a network of 39 production facilities and the large-scale transformation of PMI’s manufacturing ecosystem. 

Mr. Coutts holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Swinburne University of Technology and a graduate diploma from RMIT University in Australia.

Mr. Dahlgren became President, Smoke-Free Oral Products for PMI in January 2023, in addition to continuing in his role as CEO, Swedish Match. He has deep expertise in the category of oral nicotine products and a decades-long commitment to bringing fresh thinking and innovation to the industry.

Mr. Dahlgren joined Swedish Match in 1996 and has been a member of its group management team since 2004. He has held several roles in finance, including CFO, and has led the Swedish Match organization as President and CEO since 2008. 

Mr. Dahlgren holds an MSc in business and economics from the Stockholm School of Economics.

Mr. de Rooij was named Vice President, Treasury and Corporate Finance in December 2016. 

He has been with the company for more than three decades, having joined Philip Morris Holland in 1987 as Assistant Treasurer. Beginning in 1994, he served as Assistant Cash Manager at the European Treasury Center of Philip Morris Companies in Switzerland before working as Regional Treasurer for the Philip Morris Eastern European Region. He then held various positions in PMI’s Group Treasury before being named Director, Treasury and Corporate Finance. 

Mr. de Rooij holds a degree in business economics from Breda University (HEAO), the Netherlands.

Mr. de Wilde became President, South and Southeast Asia, Commonwealth of Independent States, Middle East, and Africa Region in January 2023. Prior to that, he had been President, European Union Region since 2015.

Mr. de Wilde joined PMI in 1992 as Brand Manager L&M for Philip Morris Belgium. He subsequently served as Marketing Director for Philip Morris Spain S.L., Sales Director of Spain, and Managing Director of Philip Morris Greece, where he led the acquisition and integration of the Papastratos Cigarette Manufacturing Company. In 2005, he became Managing Director of PMI’s affiliate in Italy. He then held positions as President, Philip Morris Japan KK and Senior Vice President, Marketing & Sales.

Before joining PMI, Mr. de Wilde worked at Colgate-Palmolive, Belgium as a Regional Sales Manager. 

Mr. de Wilde holds a degree in economics from the Université Libre de Bruxelles and a master’s degree in management from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

Mr. Dobrowolski became Vice President and Controller in August 2021, having previously served as Vice President, Corporate Financial Planning and Reporting. 

Mr. Dobrowolski has been with the company since 1996, when he joined PMI Brazil as an intern in the accounting department. He progressed rapidly to the role of Manager, Financial Planning and CapEx in 2004. In 2011, Mr. Dobrowolski transferred to the Operations Center as Controller, Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa, before being named Vice President, Corporate Financial Planning and Reporting in 2019.

Mr. Dobrowolski holds an accounting degree from the Federal University of Parana, Brazil.

Dr. Gilchrist was appointed Chief Communications Officer in January 2024. She was previously Vice President, Strategic and Scientific Communications, a role she assumed in 2018.

Since joining PMI in 2006, Dr. Gilchrist held several positions, including leading the Reduced-Risk Products Corporate Affairs team, serving as Director of Scientific Engagement within the R&D function, and working in both product development and commercialization.

Prior to joining the company, Dr. Gilchrist worked in the pharmaceutical sector for more than a decade. She was a principal consultant within PwC’s and IBM’s pharmaceutical industry consulting groups and held positions within both industry and nonprofit organizations as a developer of drug formulations.

Dr. Gilchrist holds a degree in Pharmacy and a PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences, both from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland.

Mr. Guérin became Senior Vice President and General Counsel on July 1, 2023. 

Since 2006, Mr. Guérin has held several positions within the Legal & Compliance department, including VP and Associate General Counsel, Middle East, Africa & PMI Duty Free (2018–2019); VP and Associate General Counsel, South and Southern Asia (2019–2021), based in Hong Kong; and VP and Associate General Counsel, Corporate (since 2021). In this last role, he served as lead deal counsel on PMI’s acquisition of Swedish Match. 

Mr. Guérin studied law, management, and finance in parallel. In 2001, he received both a Master of Science in management from ESSEC Business School and a Master in Law from Cergy-Pontoise University. In 2002, he was admitted to practice law by the Paris Bar Association. Before joining PMI, he practiced with Skadden Arps.

Ms. Kennedy became President, Americas Region & CEO of PMI’s U.S. business in January 2023. 

Ms. Kennedy began her career with Philip Morris USA in 1995 as a Territory Sales Manager. She held several positions of increasing responsibility before becoming Vice President, Sales, Southeast Region in Atlanta in 2006. In 2010, she joined PMI’s Operations Center in Lausanne as Vice President, Sales Strategy, and in April 2013 became Area Vice President, Southeast Europe. Ms. Kennedy served as Managing Director for Germany, Austria, Croatia, and Slovenia from 2015 until she was appointed President, South & Southeast Asia Region in 2018. 

Ms. Kennedy holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology and cultural anthropology from Randolph College in the United States and an Executive MBA from IMD in Switzerland.

Mr. Kunst became President, Vectura Fertin Pharma in April 2024. He was previously Chief Strategy Officer for Vectura Fertin Pharma, a role he assumed in March 2023. Before that, he had been PMI’s Senior Vice President, Commercialization and Senior Vice President, Commercial Transformation. 

Prior to joining PMI, Mr. Kunst was a Senior Partner at Bain & Company, beginning in 2009, leading Bain’s Healthcare Practice in EMEA and working with healthcare clients on growth strategy, commercial capability building, change management, and organizational effectiveness. From 1998–2009, he was a partner at Monitor Company, focusing on healthcare clients. He was Head of Planning and Reporting at Arcor from 1996–1998. 

Mr. Kunst holds an MBA from the European Business School in Germany.

Mr. Kurali became Deputy Chief Financial Officer & Head of Finance Transformation in August 2021, having served as Vice President and Controller from March 2015. 

Mr. Kurali joined Philip Morris Germany in 1993 as a Finance Trainee and subsequently held various finance roles with increasing responsibilities, including planning and budgeting, fiscal affairs, accounting and reporting, treasury, and tax. In 2003, he became Director, Finance and Information Systems for PMI’s Worldwide Duty Free business, based in Switzerland, followed by an assignment in the Latin American Region as Director, Finance, Mexico (2005–2008). Mr. Kurali was then appointed Vice President of Finance for the Latin America & Canada Region, a position he held until 2012. He was Vice President, Finance of the Asia Region until 2014. 

Mr. Kurali holds an MBA from the University of Mannheim, Germany.

Ms. Kurniawan was appointed Chief Diversity Officer in July 2023 after having served as Vice President, Operations Sustainability since July 2022. Immediately prior to this, she had been Vice President, Operations, Latin America & Canada since 2018. In this role she also covered some of PMI’s Middle East & Africa (MEA) manufacturing affiliates and Third-Party Manufacturing (TPM). In her current position, she is charged with advancing diversity and inclusion across the organization.

Ms. Kurniawan began her career in 1996 in Indonesia with PT Hanjaya Mandala Sampoerna Tbk, which became majority owned by PMI in 2005. Starting as a management trainee, she quickly progressed, working in planning, logistics, and procurement before being named Director, Supply Chain in 2007, Director, Manufacturing in 2010, and Director, Human Resources in 2014. 

Ms. Kurniawan holds a degree in industrial engineering from Indonesia’s Petra Christian University.

Mr. Li became Chief Product Officer in August 2019. In this role, he is responsible for the development of PMI’s innovative smoke-free product pipeline and related technology strategies, continuous improvement and extensions of existing platforms, and the manufacturing of electronic devices.

Before joining PMI, Mr. Li spent nearly a decade at HARMAN International in Shenzhen, China, where he progressed through roles as General Manager and Vice President for various consumer product development and operations functions. He started his career in 1996 as a software engineer for Brother International Corporate and subsequently worked in various engineering positions in the technology sector in the U.S. In 2004, he returned to China to join Philips Consumer Electronics as a manager. From 2006–2009, he served as CEO of Hongen Education. 

Mr. Li holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Tsinghua University, a master’s in computer science from Colorado State University, and an MBA from the Kellogg-HKUST Executive MBA Program.

Mr. Mariotti became President, CIS, Central Asia & Israel in January 2023, after having served as President, Eastern Europe Region since 2018. 

Since joining PMI in 1997, Mr. Mariotti has held numerous leadership roles in Argentina and Europe. He started in business development for the European Union Region and moved to Italy in 2001 as Director, Finance and then Director, Corporate Affairs. In 2005, he became Managing Director, Argentina, followed by his appointment as Managing Director, Italy in 2008. In 2010, he was named President, Russia & Belarus and became Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs in 2015. Before joining PMI, Mr. Mariotti worked in the financial sector in Switzerland. 

Mr. Mariotti studied economics in Lausanne, Switzerland, and holds an MBA from INSEAD in France.

Mr. Patitucci became Senior Vice President, People & Culture in April 2023, having served as Vice President, People & Culture for Consumer, Product, Life Sciences, and Commercial since 2019. 

His career with Philip Morris International spans more than three decades. He joined the organization in 1998 as Director, Human Resources in Romania and has since served in multiple roles and geographies—including as Vice President, Human Resources for Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa, Duty Free, China, and later Russia. Mr. Patitucci has also served as Vice President, Human Resources for the Reduced-Risk Products and Science & Innovation functions, driving the development of the organizations at the core of PMI’s smoke-free transformation. Before joining PMI, he was Human Resources Manager for Kraft in France.

Mr. Patitucci holds a postgraduate diploma from the Rouen Business School and a master’s degree in economics from the University of Normandy, both in France. 

Mr. Riley became President, East Asia, Australia, and PMI Duty Free Region in January 2023. He was previously President, East Asia & Australia Region, a role he held since 2018. 

Mr. Riley joined Philip Morris Australia in 1988. Over the following two decades, he held several positions in Australia, Hong Kong, and Japan before being named Managing Director, Serbia and Montenegro in 2010. Mr. Riley returned to Asia in 2013, becoming President of Philip Morris Fortune Tobacco Corporation in the Philippines. He was appointed President of Philip Morris Japan in 2015. 

Mr. Riley holds a degree in technology innovation and services management from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and is a graduate of Harvard Business School.

Ms. Salzman became Senior Vice President & Chief Corporate Citizenship Officer in January 2024. She was previously Senior Vice President, Global Communications, a role she held since arriving at PMI in April 2018.

Prior to joining PMI, Ms. Salzman headed Havas PR North America for nearly a decade, beginning in 2009. She served as President before becoming Chief Executive Officer in 2011. She also co-created and chaired the Global Collective, the Havas PR operation across several continents.

Ms. Salzman was Chief Marketing Officer at PR firm Porter Novelli from 2008–2009, CMO at JWT Worldwide from 2005–2008, and Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer at Euro RSCG Worldwide (Havas) from 2001–2004. In the early 1990s, she co-founded CyberDialogue, where she pioneered the use of online focus groups for social research.

Ms. Salzman holds a degree in sociology from Brown University

Mr. Trumpaitis became President, Latin America & Canada (LA&C) in February 2024. He was previously Managing Director, Rothmans, Benson & Hedges (RBH), leading PMI’s affiliate in Canada on the center stage of the smoke-free products category.

Since joining PMI in 1998 as a merchandiser, Mr. Trumpaitis held positions of increasing responsibility in several geographies, including General Manager, Finland; Managing Director, Baltic States; Managing Director, Mexico & Ecuador; and Managing Director, RBH. In 2016, he was appointed President Director, PT HM Sampoerna Tbk to lead PMI’s affiliate in Indonesia. 

Mr. Trumpaitis holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and a master’s degree in business management from Klaipeda University, and an executive education certificate from INSEAD.

Mr. Verdeaux is Senior Vice President, External Affairs, a position he has held since September 2020. 

Mr. Verdeaux joined PMI from Hering Schuppener, where he was a partner. Prior to that, he was Group International Policy Director at Vodafone from 2014–2019, in which role he built up a team that implemented integrated regulatory strategies and oversaw the coordination of policy, lobbying, antitrust, compliance, and other activities while supporting markets in Europe, Africa, and Asia. He was European Policy Director at Electricité de France (EDF) from 2011–2014 and served as Deputy Head of Cabinet for the President of France from 2008–2011.

Mr. Verdeaux held several positions at the United Nations from 2005–2008. He served as Europe and Legal Adviser to the French Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2004–2005 after having been a Cabinet Adviser at the European Commission beginning in 2001. He was Administrator of the French Senate from 1998–2000 and Adviser to the French Minister for European Affairs from 1995–1997. 

Mr. Verdeaux holds degrees from the Université d’Auvergne, the University of Oklahoma, and Sciences Po in France.

Mr. Voegele became Chief Digital & Information Officer in March 2021. He joined PMI in 2019 as Chief Technology Officer.

Before joining PMI, Mr. Voegele worked for adidas from 2011–2018, serving as Vice President, Group Functions and Head of Enterprise Architecture before being appointed Senior Vice President, IT Sales. In 2015, Mr. Voegele was named Global Chief Information Officer. He was appointed to the core leadership team in 2017, in which role he initiated the company’s digital transformation and reshaped its IT organization and strategy, making it more consumer-centric and supportive of innovation. Prior to his tenure at adidas, he spent more than a decade at SAP. 

Mr. Voegele holds an engineering degree from Universität Karlsruhe in Germany.

Mr. Volpetti became President, Smoke-Free Inhaled Products & Chief Consumer Officer in January 2023 after having served as President, Smoke-Free Products Category & Chief Consumer Officer from November 2021. 

Mr. Volpetti joined PMI in 2019 as Chief Consumer Officer. He previously worked at Procter & Gamble for 22 years, where he progressed through various roles with increasing responsibility in Italy and Mexico and on a regional level for the European market. In 2013, he became Vice President for a multifunctional, global business unit at P&G. An experienced marketer with broad experience in commercial and consumer roles in developed and developing markets, Mr. Volpetti specializes in consumer-centric marketing programs, business model transformation, digital acceleration, and disruptive innovation. In 2015, he worked at Luxottica Eyewear as Chief Marketing Officer. 

Mr. Volpetti holds a degree in business administration from LUISS University in Italy.

Ms. Wu was appointed Chief Strategy Officer in February 2023, having joined the company as Vice President, Mergers and Acquisitions & President, Philip Morris Equity Partner in 2022.

Before joining PMI, Ms. Wu was Managing Director and Partner at Creador, a private equity firm. Before that, she served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer for Zuellig Pharma in Taiwan and held several senior global positions at Danone in the Netherlands and Singapore. She started her career with McKinsey & Company in San Francisco.

Ms. Wu holds an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and a bachelor’s degree in economics from Stanford University.