Global Tobacco Networking Forum 2013

The Global Tobacco and Nicotine Forum (GTNF), formerly known as the Global Tobacco Networking Forum, is an international gathering of industry executives and supporters. It bills itself as “quite simply the greatest interactive tobacco industry idea exchange on earth”.¹
The 2013 event was held in November in South Africa, and speakers included:²

• Mike Adamson – Head of Manufacturing Technology for British American Tobacco
• Kevin Altman – Technical consultant to the Council of Independent Tobacco Manufacturers of America (CITMA)
• Colin Archibald -Global Head of Agronomy, Alliance One International
• Scott Ballin – Tobacco and health policy consultant;
• Patrick Basham – Director of the Democracy Institute
• Erik Bloomquist – Senior analyst, consumer staples, Berenberg Bank
• Rob Burton – White Cloud Electronic Cigarettes
• Jeannie Cameron – Founder of JCIC International
• Jaine Chisholm Caunt- Secretary general of the Tobacco Manufacturers’ Association
• Simon Clark – Director of the tobacco industry front group Forest and founder of The Free Society
• Michelle Dowle – International scientific affairs manager, British American Tobacco
• Carlo Einarsson – Global market communications director, Iggesund Paperboard AG
• Jonathan Fell – Director of beverages and tobacco analyst research CIB-Markets for Deutsche Bank
• Jennie Galbraith – British American Tobacco’s group head of sustainability
• Susan Gernert – Assistant general counsel for National Tobacco Company
• Charles Graham – Regional director for Universal Leaf Africa
• Pierre-Marie Guitton – Secretary general, CORESTA
• Angela Harbutt– Founder of the Liberal Vision blog, who was involved with Forest‘s Hands Off Our Packs and No Thank EU campaign
• Bonnie Herzog – Managing Director, Beverage, Tobacco & Consumer Analyst, Wells Fargo Securities
• Colin Hose – Global Business Relationship Manager for Alliance One International
• Delon Human
• Mark Kehaya – Chairman of the Board of Alliance One International
• Christian Kirschenpfadt – Co-founder of Idea Couture
• Carsten Knudsen – Danish inventor
• Chris Kozlik -Development director for Parkside Flexibles
• Thierry Lebeaux – Vice president and head of european affairs office, Japan Tobacco International
• Kgosi Letlape – Africa Medical Association
• Mark Littlewood – Director general of the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA)
• Kirsty Mann – Senior corporate responsibility manager, Imperial Tobacco
• Johan Maris – Managing director, Control Union World Group
• Barbara Martellini – Assistant vice president, Universal Leaf Tobacco
• Glyn Morghan – Founding Member of the Premium Tobacco Group
• Marina Murphy – Scientific communications manager, British American Tobacco
• Maryna Muller – Independent infestation consultant
• Mike Ogden – Senior director of regulatory oversight, Reynolds American (RAI) Services
• Fiona Okereke – Head of regulatory policy, British American Tobacco
• David O’Reilly – Scientific Director, British American Tobacco
• Roger Penn – Director of tobacco business unit at fragrance and flavour manufacturer Mane
• Carl V Phillips
• Chris Proctor – Chief scientific officer, British American Tobacco
• Michiel Reerink – Global regulatory vice president, Japan Tobacco International
• Tony Scanlon – CEO of Gamucci Group
• J. Pieter Sikkel – President and CEO of Alliance One International
• Ajen Sita – CEO of EY Africa
• Christopher Snowdon – Research fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs
• Prasanna Srinivasan – Indian Tobacco Company Limited (ITC)
• Mike Stevens – Group head of leaf, British American Tobacco
• Jeff Stier – National Center for Public Policy Research
• Francois Van Der Merwe – Global president of the International Tobacco Growers Association (ITGA)
• Sonia Velazquez – the then Executive director of the Eliminating Child Labour in Tobacco-Growing Foundation (ECLT)
• Nico Vroom – Managing director, EcO2
• Justine Williamson – Head of biosciences, British American Tobacco
• Rupert Wilson – Owner of Strategic Business Consulting

TobaccoTactics Resources

• Global Tobacco Networking Forum
• Global Tobacco and Nicotine Forum 2019
• Global Tobacco and Nicotine Forum 2018
• Global Tobacco and Nicotine Forum 2017
• Global Tobacco and Nicotine Forum 2016
• Global Tobacco and Nicotine Forum 2015
• Global Tobacco Networking Forum 2014
• Global Tobacco Networking Forum 2012
• Global Tobacco Networking Forum 2010