Perdomo Cigars had announced it has promoted Nicholas Perdomo, III. to National Director of Sales. “Nicholas is more than deserving of his new position with our company,” states Nick Perdomo, Jr. in a press release “His passion, work ethic, and conviction to be the very best is inspiring.” “I have never pushed my son to […]
General Cigar will be looking for a new President. Today Scandinavian Tobacco Group announced that Régis Broersma, President of General Cigar and Senior Vice President of Scandinavian Tobacco Group’s North America Branded Business Division has accepted a new role in Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) and will be relocating to Europe shortly to take over the […]
The Dan Carr era at ITG Brands LLC has come to an end. Today the company named longtime company executive Oliver Kutz its new President and CEO replacing Carr who had held both titles. Carr is best known to premium cigar enthusiasts as the former President of General Cigar Company. Carr had started his career […]
Drew Estate has announced that Bryan Bird is its new Director of Sales for National Accounts. Prior to joining Drew Estate, Bird worked for nineteen years at Thompson Cigar. He most recently served as its Director of Merchandising, a role he had since 2015. Bryan began his journey in Thompson’s call center, quickly progressed to […]
Brad Winstead has been appointed the new head of Casa de Montecristo, a unit of Tabacalera USA. He replaces Luis Miguel Torres who has left the company. WInstead started with Altadis U.S.A. in July 2007 as a territory sales manager. Most recently, he served as head of marketing for Altadis U.S.A. Prior to that, he […]
George Sosa Vice President of Sales and a long-time fixture at the company has resigned. “I would like to thank George for his many years of service,” Alec Bradley founder, Alan Rubin said in a press release. “Over the last 12 plus years, George has been an integral part of the brand; increasing both domestic […]
White Hat Cigars has hired Todd Vance as Vice President of Sales and Erica Arroyo as Director of Marketing and Social Media. Both were most recently with Cornelius & Anthony Cigars. “We are incredibly excited to add two friends and industry pros that will add significant value to our growing operation. We are creating a […]
Courtney Smith and Todd Vance, two key players at Cornelius & Anthony, are no longer with the company. The move came yesterday as result of a shakeup of the sales force within the company. Smith was Cornelius & Anthony’s Smith Director of Business Development. She came to the company in 2015 after spending five years as […]
The International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers’ Association (IPCPR) has named Joshua Habursky its new director of federal government affairs. Harbursky succeeds Daniel Trope who departed the organization earlier this year. Most recently Harbusky served as the Assistant Vice President of Advocacy at the Independent Community Bankers of America where he was named to The […]
Davidoff Americas has a new President, and it’s long-time Davidoff veteran Dylan Austin. Austin’s promotion is effective immediately. He succeeds Jim Young, who was the long-time President of Davidoff of Geneva North America. Last year, Young was promoted to Chief Commercial Officer of Davidoff, but had continued in a dual role running the America’s business. […]
