RICHMOND, Va. -- Swedish Match North America, a subsidiary of Swedish Match AB, has promoted Gary Poehlmann to the position of vice president sales of other tobacco products (OTP).
Poehlmann joined General Cigar Co. (GCC) in 1997 and moved to Swedish Match North America as director of national accounts following the acquisition of GCC's mass market cigar business in 1999. He became senior director of field sales in 2006.
Gary has done an outstanding job throughout his tenure with us, said Rich [image-nocss] Flaherty, Chief Operating Officer for OTP. I am confident our sales organization will thrive under his leadership.
Poehlmann replaces Dan Carr, who has joined Swedish Match's General Cigar team as senior vice president of sales and marketing.
Richmond, Va.-based Swedish Match is a global group of companies with a variety of brands in smokeless tobacco, cigars and pipe tobacco, matches and lighters. Brands include Red Man, Timber Wolf, Longhorn, Macanudo, Partagas, Cohiba and Borkum Riff.
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