Philip Morris International Demonstrates Commitment to Developing an Inclusive & Diverse Workplace with Appointment of Silke ...
March 13 2020 - 8:30AM
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Melissa Whiting to continue as Vice President
of Inclusion & Diversity as company furthers efforts to create
and empower a globally representative workforce to deliver its
vision of a smoke-free future
Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) (NYSE: PM), a leading
international tobacco company with a diverse workforce of around
73,500 people who hail from every corner of the globe, is committed
to being a great employer. Demonstrating this corporate
responsibility, PMI CEO André Calantzopoulos has today named Silke
Muenster as its first chief diversity officer, reporting directly
to him. Transitioning from her current role as vice president,
Market Research at PMI, Muenster’s new position will be effective
March 15, 2020, and based in the company’s operating center in
Lausanne, Switzerland.
Focused on leading an industry-wide transformation to deliver a
smoke-free future, PMI strives to be environmentally and socially
responsible while maintaining operational excellence. The company
has made clear its ambition to increase the representation of women
in management roles across the organization to 40 percent by 2022,
based on evidence that shows that companies with diversity in the
workplace achieve better results and have more satisfied employees
at every level. Right now, women make up 36 percent of management
roles—an increase of 6 percentage points since year end 2014.
Calantzopoulos said: “To achieve our ambitions, we are driving
toward an organization with broader perspectives, increased
creativity and productivity. Silke Muenster has been a senior
leader and a leading advocate for an inclusive workplace,
demonstrating her ability to inspire change and action since
joining PMI—anyone who knows her knows her directness, courage and
forthright manner; she will challenge the senior management team to
see things from a new perspective and push harder to make progress.
In her new role, she will be responsible for galvanizing and
building upon our Inclusion & Diversity efforts, including
PMI’s global EQUAL-SALARY certification, which we were the first
multinational to achieve in 2019. Working with Melissa Whiting,
vice president, Inclusion & Diversity, Silke will bring acumen,
energy and accountability to this all-important function, ensuring
we recruit, hire, train and retain a high-performing diverse
workforce globally.”
Muenster joined PMI in 2011, where she was director, Market and
Consumer Research until 2012 when she became vice president, Market
Research. At PMI, she is known for being incredibly proactive
regarding I&D—she is a coach and mentor to other women, has
built a women’s network at the company and has already been working
closely with SVP, People & Culture, Charles Bendotti and
Whiting on strategies and tactics to increase diversity and
inclusion. Prior to her time at PMI, she spent 12 years in leading
research roles at the Coca-Cola Company, four years at Apollinaris
& Schweppes and four years at Marbert Kosmetik. She began her
career at Research International after earning her degree in
mathematics from Ruhr University Bochum in Germany.
Philip Morris International: Delivering a Smoke-Free
Future
Philip Morris International (PMI) is leading a transformation in
the tobacco industry to create a smoke-free future and ultimately
replace cigarettes with smoke-free products to the benefit of
adults who would otherwise continue to smoke, society, the company
and its shareholders. PMI is a leading international tobacco
company engaged in the manufacture and sale of cigarettes, as well
as smoke-free products and associated electronic devices and
accessories, and other nicotine-containing products in markets
outside the United States. In addition, PMI ships a version of its
IQOS Platform 1 device and its consumables authorized by the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration to Altria Group, Inc. for sale in the
United States under license. PMI is building a future on a new
category of smoke-free products that, while not risk-free, are a
much better choice than continuing to smoke. Through
multidisciplinary capabilities in product development,
state-of-the-art facilities and scientific substantiation, PMI aims
to ensure that its smoke-free products meet adult consumer
preferences and rigorous regulatory requirements. PMI’s smoke-free
IQOS product portfolio includes heat-not-burn and
nicotine-containing vapor products. As of Dec. 31, 2019, PMI
estimates that approximately 9.7 million adult smokers around the
world have already stopped smoking and switched to PMI’s
heat-not-burn product, available for sale in 52 markets in key
cities or nationwide under the IQOS brand. For more information,
please visit www.pmi.com and www.pmiscience.com.
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