– DENMARK, Gentofte – Scandinavian Tobacco Group today announced the nomination of Henrik Brandt to be elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors, to succeed Nigel Northridge who will retire at the next AGM on 31 March 2022.
Subject to the elections at the AGM in March 2022, the Board of Directors will elect Henrik Brandt as the new Chairman of the Board of Directors. Henrik Brandt joined the Board in 2017 as Vice-chairman.
About Henrik Brandt
Henrik Brandt has extensive executive and non-executive experience in leading international, publicly listed, and private equity businesses. His career has among others included executive positions in the tobacco industry (House of Prince A/S and Scandinavian Tobacco Company A/S) and most recently (2008-2017) a very successful role as CEO of Royal Unibrew A/S. Henrik Brandt currently holds the following positions in addition to being Vice-chairman of the Board of Directors of Scandinavian Tobacco Group: Chairman of the board of Toms Gruppen A/S, Fritz Hansen A/S, Intervare A/S (and its subsidiary nemlig.com A/S), and Danish Bake Holding ApS (Ole & Steen). He is also a member of the board of directors of Ferd Holding as, Gerda & Victor B. Strands Foundation, Gerda & Victor B. Strand Holding A/S, and Social Grill ApS.
Henrik Brandt commented: “Nigel has been the Chairman during a period of significant change and growth for Scandinavian Tobacco Group. During his tenure, the Company has developed from being newly listed to a stronger company with a clear strategy in place for the future. Nigel deserves a lot of credit for having led this development. I also wish to thank the Board of Directors for their confidence in me as they express their intention to elect me as the future Chairman”.
About Scandinavian Tobacco Group
Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S is a world-leading manufacturer of cigars and pipe tobacco with an annual production of four billion cigars and 5,000 tonnes of pipe and fine-cut tobacco.
The Group holds market-leading positions in several categories and has a portfolio of more than 200 global and local brands.
Scandinavian Tobacco Group has its headquarter in Copenhagen, Denmark – and employs approximately 11,000 people in Europe, the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Nicaragua, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka.
For more information : https://www.st-group.com/
Copenhagen, 24 January 2022
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