BAT Rothmans appoints Song Youngjae as new CEO
Evaluated as a Financial and Strategic Planning Expert
Experienced at London Headquarters and in Netherlands, Vietnam, etc.
BAT Rothmans announced on the 1st that it has appointed Song Young-jae as the new president.
President Song Young-jae is an industry expert with extensive experience in the global tobacco markets of Europe and Asia, based on his capabilities in finance and strategic planning, and is regarded as the right person to lead BAT Rothmans into an innovative future.
The company stated that it expects President Song to strengthen BAT Rothmans' product competitiveness in the domestic tobacco market, which is undergoing industrial restructuring from conventional cigarettes to non-combustible products, and to maximize corporate value by enhancing management efficiency for future investments.
President Song, who majored in Accounting and Finance at the London School of Economics (LSE), began his career in 2008 as a management trainee at the BAT Group headquarters in London. In 2010, he moved to the Netherlands, where he was responsible for marketing finance in the Benelux countries (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg) and later worked as a corporate finance manager for BAT's Western Europe region.
He transferred to BAT Korea in 2014 and served as the Commercial Finance Director until 2020, where he was recognized for establishing efficient corporate operation strategies. Subsequently, until recently, he demonstrated leadership integrating finance and strategic planning as the Chief Financial Officer at BAT Vietnam, and has now been appointed as the new president of BAT Rothmans.
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President Song said, “I feel a heavy responsibility in taking on the role of leading BAT Rothmans at a critical time when the market environment is rapidly changing,” adding, “Through innovative and sustainable growth strategies, I will lead the future market and further solidify our position in the Korean market.”
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