Imperial Brands PLC is announced that Ngozi Edozien and Diane de Saint Victor will join the Board as Non-Executive Directors, with effect from 15 November 2021. Ngozi brings to the Board over 30 years' experience in general management, finance, consultancy, and business development gained at multinational companies in Europe, USA and Africa. She has considerable experience of consumer goods, having spent six years on the Board of PZ Cussons and four years on the Board of Vlisco PLC, and is currently a Non-Executive Director on the Board of Guinness Nigeria, a listed subsidiary of Diageo.

The Board will benefit from Ngozi's significant experience of delivering transformation across a range of industries and geographies. During a nine-year career with Pfizer Inc., she led strategy and planning for Pharmaceuticals, based in New York, before taking up a Regional Director role in Africa. Prior to Pfizer, she spent five years with McKinsey, working mainly in the consumer goods and pharmaceuticals sectors.

She gained strong commercial experience over five years with Actis, the Africa-focused private equity business, where she originated and led deals in West Africa. Diane will bring strong legal, regulatory and ESG experience, having held a number of General Counsel and other key roles in an international career spanning more than 30 years. Her 13-year tenure as General Counsel & Company Secretary for ABB, the global technology company based in Switzerland and her General Counsel role at Airbus before that are reinforced by her prior listed UK Board experience as a Non-Executive Director at Barclays plc.