Our leadership team

Massimo Andolina

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, OPERATIONS

Mr. Andolina became senior vice president, operations in january 2018.

Mr. Andolina joined Philip Morris in Lausanne in 2008 as Director, Operations Planning. He became Vice President, Operations of the Latin America & Canada Region in 2011, and moved to oversee our European Union Region’s operations two years later. In 2016 Mr. Andolina was appointed Vice President, PMI 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 Lausanne, Switzerland.

Emmanuel Babeau

Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Babeau became Chief Financial Officer in May 2020.

Prior to joining PMI, Mr. Babeau spent over a decade at Schneider Electric, where he served as Deputy CEO in charge of Finance and Legal Affairs. He had joined Schneider Electric as Executive Vice President Finance and a member of the Management Board in 2009. From 1993 to 2009, he worked at Pernod Ricard. Having started at the company as an Internal Auditor, and subsequently moved through several executive positions, both locally in France and abroad. As Chief Financial Officer and Group Deputy Managing Director, Mr. Babeau supervised Finance, Information Systems and Industry Administration.  He had initially started his career at Arthur Andersen in 1990.
Mr. Babeau also sits on the boards of Sodexo S.A. and Sanofi S.A. He has previously been Vice Chairman of the board of Aveva plc. He holds a degree from the École Supérieure de Commerce de Paris.

Charles Bendotti

Senior Vice President, People & Culture

Mr. BENDOTTI Became Senior Vice President, people & culture in JANUARY 2018.

Mr. Bendotti joined Philip Morris International in Lausanne in 1999 as Business Analyst. From 2000 until 2006, he served in various cross-functional roles in Marketing & Sales and Business Development in different markets of the Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa, and Latin America & Canada Regions. Mr. Bendotti then became Managing Director, Ecuador & Bolivia, followed by his appointment as Vice President, Human Resources for the Latin America & Canada Region in 2008. In 2012 he was named Vice President, Human Resources Asia, a position he held until December 2016, and then Senior Vice President, Human Resources.

Mr. Bendotti holds a master’s degree in international relations, economy, and law from the Graduate Institute of International & Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland, and an Executive MBA from HEC Paris.

Frederic de Wilde

President, European Union Region

Mr. de Wilde became President, European Union Region in July 2015.

Mr. de Wilde joined Philip Morris International in 1992 as Brand Manager L&M for Philip Morris Belgium. In 1996 he became Marketing Director for Philip Morris Spain S.L. and four years later Sales Director of Spain. He was then named Managing Director of Philip Morris Greece, where he led the acquisition and integration of the Papastratos Cigarette Manufacturing Company. In 2005 Mr. de Wilde became Managing Director of PMI’s affiliate in Italy, and from January 2008 until the end of June 2011, he held the position of President, Philip Morris Japan KK. In July 2011 Mr. de Wilde became Senior Vice President, Marketing & Sales.

Prior to joining PMI, Mr. de Wilde worked at Colgate Palmolive, Belgium from 1991 to 1992 as Regional Sales Manager.

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

Stacey Kennedy

PRESIDENT, SOUTH & SOUTHEAST ASIA REGION

Ms. Kennedy became president, south & southeast asia region in january 2018.

Ms. Kennedy began her career with Philip Morris USA in 1995 as a Territory Sales Manager. She held a number of positions of increasing responsibility in the sales organization, until becoming Vice President Sales, Southeast Region in Atlanta in 2006. In 2010 Ms. Kennedy joined PMI’s Operations Center in Lausanne as Vice President, Sales Strategy, and in April 2013 Area Vice President, Southeast Europe. Ms. Kennedy served as Managing Director for Germany, Austria, Croatia, and Slovenia from 2015 until her current appointment.

Ms. Kennedy received a bachelor degree in sociology and cultural anthropology from Randolph College in the United States, and an Executive MBA from IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Michael Kunst

Senior Vice President, Commercial Transformation

Mr. Kunst became Senior vice president, commercial transformation in January 2019.

Prior to joining Philip Morris International, Mr. Kunst was a Senior Partner of consulting firm Bain & Company in Munich since 2009. He was leading Bain’s Healthcare Practice in EMEA and has worked with a broad set of clients on issues of growth strategy, commercial capability building, change management and organizational effectiveness. Before his tenure at Bain & Company, Mr. Kunst was a partner at Monitor Company from 1998 to 2009. He served as Head of Planning and Reporting at Arcor from 1996 to 1998. 
Mr. Kunst holds a Master of Business Administration Degree from European Business School in Oestrich-Winkel in Germany. He has studied both in Europe and the USA.

Bin Li

Chief Product Officer

Mr. Li became Chief Product Officer in August 2019.

Before joining PMI, Mr. Li spent nearly a decade at HARMAN International in Shenzhen in China, where he had progressed through several roles as general manager and vice president for various functions in consumer product development and operations. He had started his career as a software engineer for Brother International Corporate in 1996, and worked in various engineering positions in the technology sector in the US until 2004. In 2004 Mr. Li went back to China to join Philips Consumer Electronics. After two years as manager at Philips Consumer Electronics, Mr. Li served as CEO of HongEn Education from 2006 to 2009. In his role as PMI’s Chief Product Officer, he is responsible for the development of our innovative smoke-free product pipeline and related technology strategies, continuous improvement and extensions of existing platforms and the manufacturing of our electronic devices.
Mr. Li has a Bachelor degree in engineering from Tsinghua University. He also holds a Master’s degree in computer science from Colorado State University, as well as an MBA from Kellogg-HKUST Executive MBA.

Mario Masseroli

PRESIDENT, LATIN AMERICA & CANADA REGION

Mr. Masseroli became President, Latin America & Canada Region in July 2018. 

Mr. Masseroli joined Philip Morris Argentina in 1998 and served in a variety of roles in Argentina, Switzerland and New York. He was named Managing Director, Guatemala in 2006, followed by his appointment as Director, Corporate Affairs for PMI Spain in 2007. Mr. Masseroli was named Vice President, Corporate Affairs Latin America & Canada in 2009. He then went on to become Managing Director Spain and Canary Islands in 2012, adding responsibility for Portugal in April 2016, a position he held until his current appointment. 

Mr. Masseroli received a bachelor’s degree from the Torcuato di Tella University in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and master’s degree in business administration from the University of California at Berkeley.

Silke Muenster

CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER

MS. muenster BECAME CHIEF diversity officer IN march 2020. 

Ms. Muenster joined PMI in 2011 as Director, Market and Consumer Research before being appointed Vice President, Market Research in 2012, a position she held until her current appointment. Prior to PMI, Ms. Muenster spent 12 years in leading research roles at The Coca-Cola Company, four years at Apollinaris & Schweppes and four years at Marbert Kosmetik.

Ms. Muenster began her career at Research International and holds a degree in mathematics from Ruhr University, Bochum in Germany.

Jacek Olczak

Chief Operating Officer

Mr. Olczak became Chief operating Officer in January 2018.

Mr. Olczak joined Philip Morris Polska in 1993 as Manager, Finance and Administration. After serving as Manager, Internal Controls in 1995 in Lausanne, Switzerland, Mr. Olczak returned to Poland in 1996 where he held various positions in finance, sales, and operations. Between 2002 and 2006, Mr. Olczak worked extensively across Central Europe and the Baltic States, and in 2004 was appointed Managing Director, Poland & Baltic States. In October 2006, he became Managing Director, Germany & Austria, and from April 2009 until July 2012, he served as President of PMI’s European Union Region, responsible for managing our operations. From August 2012 until his current appointment, Mr. Olczak held the role of Chief Financial Officer. 

Prior to joining PMI, Mr. Olczak worked for BDO Binder Sp. z o.o. in London and Warsaw. 

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

Marian Salzman

Senior Vice President, Global Communications

Ms. Salzman became Senior Vice president, Global communications in april 2018.

Prior to joining Philip Morris International, Ms. Salzman headed Havas PR North America since 2009. She first held the position of President and then became Havas PR’s Chief Executive Officer in 2011. She 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 to 2009, CMO at JWT Worldwide from 2005 to 2008, and Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer at Euro RSCG Worldwide (Havas) from 2001 to 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 and graduated with honors from Brown University.

 

Stefano Volpetti

Chief Consumer Officer

Mr. Volpetti became chief Consumer officer in June 2019.

Mr. Volpetti previously worked at Procter & Gamble for 22 years, where he progressed through various roles with increasing responsibility locally in Italy and Mexico, and on a regional level for the European market. In 2013, he became Vice President for a multi-functional, global business unit at P&G. He is an experienced marketer with broad experience in commercial roles as well, having obtained a winning track record with consumers in both developed and developing markets. Mr. Volpetti specializes in consumer centric marketing programs, business model transformation, digital acceleration, and disruptive innovation. He also worked at Luxottica Eyewear as Chief Marketing Officer in 2015.
Mr. Volpetti holds a degree in Business Administration from Luiss University in Rome.