Our Corporate and Regulatory Affairs Leaders

CHAPTER 7 . THR: GLOBAL REGULATION

Our Corporate and Regulatory Affairs Leaders

“With decades of combined expertise across legal, regulatory, communications and external affairs, my leadership team, together with colleagues they lead globally, is united by a clear purpose: to Build a Smokeless World.

We are confident this ambition is both achievable and already underway. At the same time, we recognise that advancing Tobacco Harm Reduction depends on collaboration, not silos. When industry, scientists, policymakers and regulators follow the evidence, it enables effective, proportionate regulation, supports innovation and encourages more adult smokers, who would otherwise continue to smoke, transition to scientifically substantiated, less risky alternatives.”

Kingsley Wheaton
Chief Corporate Officer

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Kingsley Wheaton
Chief Corporate Officer

Career experience

2023-2024 
Chief Strategy and Growth Officer

2019-2023 
Chief Marketing Officer

Degree(s)/qualifications

BA
Economics, University of London

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Scott Brodie
Group Head of Corporate Affairs

Career experience

2024-2025 
Head of Strategic and Digital Communications

2020-2024 
Senior Manager- Business Communications and Sustainability

Degree(s)/qualifications

MBA
MBA, Cass Business School

BA
Politics and Philosophy, University of Stirling

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Ivan Gomez
Regional General Counsel & Head of Legal & CORA

Career experience

2020-2024 
Global Head of Government Affairs & External Engagement

2017-2020 
Regional Head of Legal and External Affairs, Europe and North Africa (ENA) Region

Degree(s)/qualifications

MBA
MBA Essentials, Business Administration and General

Attorney at Law, Santa Maria University

Portrait of Gary Tarrant

Gary Tarrant
Group Head of Regulatory and Fiscal Affairs

Career experience

2023-2024 
Regional General Counsel & Head of Legal and CORA Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa (APMEA)

2020-2023 
Head of Legal & External Affairs Middle East and South Asia Area

Degree(s)/qualifications

PGDL
Law, Nottingham Trent University

BSc
Mathematics & Economics, University of Sussex

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Pierre Durinck
Head of CORA AME

Career experience

2020-2024 
Country Manager France

2018-2020 
Country Manager Belux

Degree(s)/qualifications

MSc
Economic Science, University of Ghent

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Jeff Raborn
EVP Law & Ext. Affairs and RAI General Counsel

Career experience

2017-2018 
SVP, Litigation & Regulatory and Deputy General Counsel

2016-2017 
Assistant General Counsel & VP

Degree(s)/qualifications

JD
Law, Louisiana State University

BA
History, Louisiana State University

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