Philip Morris (PM) appoints Massimo Andolina as new Group CFO
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Philip Morris International is appointing Massimo Andolina, currently President, Europe Region, as Group Chief Financial Officer effective August 1, 2026, succeeding Emmanuel Babeau. Babeau will remain with the company until March 31, 2027 as Strategic Advisor to Group CEO Jacek Olczak to support a smooth transition.
The company highlights the growth of its smoke-free business, which represented 43% of total net revenues in Q1 2026, with smoke-free products available in over 105 markets and used by an estimated 43 million legal-age consumers as of December 31, 2025. Since 2008, PMI has invested over $16 billion to develop and commercialize smoke-free products.
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PMI announces a planned CFO transition while emphasizing smoke-free growth.
Philip Morris International is transitioning financial leadership as Massimo Andolina becomes Group CFO on August 1, 2026, with current CFO Emmanuel Babeau remaining as Strategic Advisor until March 31, 2027. This staged handover suggests an orderly change rather than abrupt turnover.
The company underscores that smoke-free products generated 43% of total net revenues in Q1 2026, are sold in over 105 markets, and are used by about 43 million legal-age consumers as of December 31, 2025. It also notes more than $16 billion invested in these products since 2008.
PMI lists extensive business risks, including regulation, taxation, litigation, competition, macroeconomic pressures, and execution challenges in scaling smoke-free products. Future performance will depend on navigating these factors and continuing to grow the smoke-free portfolio while managing leadership transition in the finance function.
8-K Event Classification
3 items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
3 items
Item 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers
Governance
Key personnel changes including departures, elections, or appointments of directors and executive officers.
Item 7.01
Regulation FD Disclosure
Disclosure
Material non-public information disclosed under Regulation Fair Disclosure, often investor presentations or guidance.
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits
Exhibits
Financial statements, pro forma financial information, and exhibit attachments filed with this report.
Key Figures
CFO transition effective date: August 1, 2026
Advisor period end date: March 31, 2027
Smoke-free revenue share: 43% of total net revenues
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7 metrics
CFO transition effective date
August 1, 2026
Massimo Andolina becomes Group CFO
Advisor period end date
March 31, 2027
Babeau remains Strategic Advisor until this date
Smoke-free revenue share
43% of total net revenues
First quarter 2026
Investment in smoke-free products
Over $16 billion
Cumulative since 2008
Smoke-free consumers
Over 43 million
Legal-age consumers as of December 31, 2025
Markets with smoke-free products
Over 105 markets
Global availability as described
Q1 2026 smoke-free net revenue share
43%
Share of PMI’s first-quarter 2026 total net revenues
Key Terms
Group Chief Financial Officer, smoke-free products, Modified Risk Tobacco Product, forward-looking statements, +1 more
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Group Chief Financial Officer financial
"has been appointed Group Chief Financial Officer, effective August 1, 2026"
A group chief financial officer (CFO) is the executive responsible for overseeing a company's overall financial health and strategies across all its divisions or subsidiaries. Think of them as the financial captain of a large organization, guiding decision-making to ensure stability and growth. Investors pay attention to the group CFO because their leadership influences the company’s financial stability and ability to meet its goals.
smoke-free products financial
"portfolio primarily consists of cigarettes and smoke-free products, including heat-not-burn"
Modified Risk Tobacco Product regulatory
"obtained the first-ever Modified Risk Tobacco Product authorizations from the FDA"
A modified risk tobacco product is a tobacco or nicotine product that is marketed with claims it reduces health risks or exposure to harmful substances compared with other tobacco products; such claims are typically subject to regulatory review and approval. For investors, this matters because approved modified-risk status can change consumer demand, legal exposure, labeling requirements and market access—similar to how a government-backed “low-risk” label can alter a product’s sales and liability profile.
forward-looking statements regulatory
"This press release contains projections of future results and goals and other forward-looking statements"
Forward-looking statements are predictions or plans that companies share about what they expect to happen in the future, like estimating sales or profits. They matter because they help investors understand a company's outlook, but since they are based on guesses and assumptions, they can sometimes be wrong.
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 regulatory
"Pursuant to the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995"
UNITED STATES
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 18, 2026
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| Item 5.02. | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. | ||||
On May 18, 2026, the Board of Directors of Philip Morris International Inc. (the “Company”) approved the appointment of Massimo Andolina, the Company’s current President, Europe Region, as Group Chief Financial Officer, replacing Emmanuel Babeau, effective August 1, 2026. Mr. Babeau will remain with the Company as Strategic Advisor to Jacek Olczak, Group CEO PMI through March 31, 2027 and to assist Mr. Andolina with his transition.
Mr. Andolina, 57, has been President, Europe Region since January 2023, prior to which he served as Senior Vice President, Operations from January 2018. He joined the Company in 2008 as Director, Operations Planning, and has held various roles at the Company, including Vice President, Operations of Latin America & Canada Region from December 2010 to July 2013; Vice President, EU Operations, from August 2013 to June 2016; and Vice President, PMI Transformation from July 2016 to December 2017. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Andolina held a variety of strategic and business development roles in companies with international operations, including Tetra Pak International.
There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Andolina and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Andolina was appointed. There are no family relationships, as defined in Item 401 of Regulation S-K, between Mr. Andolina and any of the Company’s executive officers or directors or persons nominated or chosen to become a director or executive officer. There are no transactions in which Mr. Andolina has an interest requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. Mr. Andolina’s compensation as Group Chief Financial Officer has not yet been determined.
Mr. Babeau’s separation will constitute a unilateral termination under his Employment Agreement, effective May 1, 2020, entitling him to receive the post-employment payments and benefits associated with a termination without cause, as described in the Company’s 2026 Proxy Statement.
The foregoing is qualified by the full text of the press release, which is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to Item 7.01 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 7.01. | Regulation FD Disclosure. | ||||
On May 20, 2026, the Company issued a press release announcing Group Chief Financial Officer succession, which press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.
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| 99.1 | Philip Morris International Inc. Press Release, dated May 20, 2026. | ||||
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document and contained in Exhibit 101). | ||||
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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| Name: | Darlene Quashie Henry | |||||||
| Title: | Vice President, Associate General Counsel & Corporate Secretary | |||||||
Date: May 20, 2026
Exhibit 99.1
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Philip Morris International Announces Group CFO Succession
STAMFORD, CT – May 20, 2026 – Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) (NYSE: PM) announced today that Massimo Andolina has been appointed Group Chief Financial Officer, effective August 1, 2026, reporting to Jacek Olczak, Group CEO PMI. Massimo succeeds Emmanuel Babeau, who will remain with the Company until March 31, 2027 as Strategic Advisor to the Group CEO PMI, to ensure a smooth CFO transition.
“Massimo is a highly respected leader with a deep knowledge of PMI and a strong track record of driving innovation, business growth, and people development,” said Jacek Olczak, Group CEO PMI. “I am confident that his experience, business judgment, and leadership will serve him extremely well in his new role as we continue to deliver best-in-class growth and sustainable performance for shareholders.
I would like to warmly thank Emmanuel for his leadership and strong delivery over the past 6 years, a period of remarkable success for our smoke-free business, with strong financial performance and excellent shareholder returns.”
Mr. Andolina joined PMI in 2008, and over the course of his journey, he has made significant contributions across the organization in a number of senior operational and strategic roles.
Since being appointed President, Europe Region in 2023, Mr. Andolina’s responsibilities have included the execution of strategic and operational priorities, as well as the financial performance of the largest region and most advanced smoke-free geography in the group. Under Mr. Andolina’s leadership the Europe Region delivered robust top and bottom-line growth, underpinned by excellent smoke-free progress at-scale and resilient combustibles performance. He led significant regional organizational changes to strengthen management depth, improve financial discipline, and accelerate sustainable growth, while remaining a visible advocate for innovation, people development and constructive engagement with external stakeholders across Europe.
From 2018 to 2023, Mr. Andolina served as PMI’s Senior Vice President, Global Operations, where he led a supply chain and manufacturing organization of over 30,000 people in an increasingly complex environment with significant external volatility. Mr. Andolina implemented a number of enterprise-wide transformation initiatives and operational efficiencies, many of which continue to benefit the company today, contributing to sustained improvements in PMI’s gross margin while enhancing resilience. Earlier, from 2016 to 2017, he served as Vice President, PMI Transformation, playing an important role at a pivotal moment in the company’s evolution.
Prior to joining PMI, Mr. Andolina held a number of strategic and business development roles at other large multinational corporations. He holds a Master of Science in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering from the University of Palermo, and an MBA from IMD in Lausanne.
Mr. Babeau was appointed Chief Financial Officer in May 2020 and joined PMI with extensive experience of transformation and Finance leadership across several industries, including at Schneider Electric and Pernod Ricard. Over the past six years, Mr. Babeau has made a significant contribution to both PMI’s strong financial performance and its evolution into a recognized growth company, including through the acquisition of Swedish Match in 2022 and a substantial increase in the share of net revenues derived from our smoke-free business, which reached 43% in Q1 2026.
Philip Morris International: A Global Smoke-Free Champion
Philip Morris International is a leading international consumer goods company, actively delivering a smoke-free future and evolving its portfolio for the long term to include products outside of the tobacco and nicotine sector. The company’s current product portfolio primarily consists of cigarettes and smoke-free products, including heat-not-burn, nicotine pouch and e-vapor products. Our smoke-free products are available for sale in over 105 markets, and as of December 31, 2025, PMI estimates they were used by over 43 million legal-age consumers around the world, many of whom have moved away from cigarettes or significantly reduced their consumption. The smoke-free business accounted for 43% of PMI’s first-quarter 2026 total net revenues. Since 2008, PMI has invested over $16 billion to develop, scientifically substantiate and commercialize innovative smoke-free products for adults who would otherwise continue to smoke, with the goal of completely ending the sale of cigarettes. This includes the building of world-class scientific assessment capabilities, notably in the areas of pre-clinical systems toxicology, clinical and behavioral research, as well as post-market studies. Following a robust science-based review, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized the marketing of Swedish Match’s General snus and ZYN nicotine pouches and versions of PMI’s IQOS devices and consumables - the first-ever such authorizations in their respective categories. Versions of IQOS devices and consumables and General snus also obtained the first-ever Modified Risk Tobacco Product authorizations from the FDA. With a strong foundation and significant expertise in life sciences, PMI has a long-term ambition to expand into wellness areas. References to “PMI”, “we”, “our” and “us” mean Philip Morris International Inc., and its subsidiaries. For more information, please visit www.pmi.com and www.pmiscience.com.
Forward-Looking and Cautionary Statements
This press release contains projections of future results and goals and other forward-looking statements, including statements regarding business plans and strategies. Achievement of future results is subject to risks, uncertainties, and inaccurate assumptions. In the event that risks or uncertainties materialize, or underlying assumptions prove inaccurate, actual results could vary materially from those contained in such forward-looking statements. Pursuant to the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, PMI is identifying important factors that, individually or in the aggregate, could cause actual results and outcomes to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements made by PMI.
PMI's business risks include: marketing and regulatory restrictions that could reduce our competitiveness, disrupt our SFP commercialization efforts, eliminate our ability to communicate with adult consumers, or ban certain of our products in certain markets or countries; excise tax increases and discriminatory tax structures; health concerns relating to the use of tobacco and other nicotine-containing products; litigation related to tobacco and/or nicotine products and intellectual property rights; intense competition; inability to anticipate changes in adult consumer preferences; use and reliance on third-parties; the adverse effects of global and individual country economic, regulatory and political developments, natural disasters and conflicts; geopolitical instability affecting international trade; the impact and consequences of Russia's invasion of Ukraine; changes in adult smoker behavior; continued decline of tax-paid cigarettes; lost revenues as a result of counterfeiting, contraband and cross-border purchases; governmental investigations; unfavorable currency exchange rates and currency devaluations, sustained periods of elevated inflation, and limitations on the ability to repatriate funds; adverse changes in applicable corporate tax laws; disruptions in the credit markets or changes to its credit ratings; recent and potential future tariffs imposed by the U.S. and other countries; adverse changes in the cost, availability, and quality of tobacco and other agricultural products and raw materials, as well as product components for our electronic devices; and the integrity of its information systems and effectiveness of its data privacy policies. PMI's future profitability may also be adversely affected should it be unsuccessful, in key markets or systemically, in its efforts to introduce, commercialize, and grow smoke-free products or if regulation or taxation do not differentiate between such products and cigarettes; if it is unable to successfully introduce new products, promote brand equity; if there are prolonged disruptions of facilities used to produce its products; if it is unable to enter new
markets or improve its margins through increased prices and productivity gains; if other market participants are more successful in their SFP commercialization efforts; if it is unable to attract and retain the best global talent; or if it is unable to successfully integrate and realize the expected benefits from recent transactions and acquisitions. Future results are also subject to the lower predictability of our smoke-free products performance.
PMI is further subject to other risks detailed from time to time in its publicly filed documents, including PMI’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2025 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the first quarter ended March 31, 2026. PMI cautions that the foregoing list of important factors is not a complete discussion of all potential risks and uncertainties. PMI does not undertake to update any forward-looking statement that it may make from time to time, except in the normal course of its public disclosure obligations.
FAQ
Who is the new Group CFO of Philip Morris International (PM)?
Massimo Andolina has been appointed Group Chief Financial Officer of PMI, effective August 1, 2026. He currently serves as President, Europe Region, and has held several senior operational and strategic roles at PMI since 2008, giving him deep knowledge of the business.
What is Emmanuel Babeau’s role after stepping down as PMI Group CFO?
Emmanuel Babeau will serve as Strategic Advisor to PMI’s Group CEO until March 31, 2027. He will support a smooth CFO transition and leverage his experience from six years as CFO, during which PMI advanced its smoke-free strategy and completed acquisitions like Swedish Match.
When does the CFO transition at Philip Morris International take effect?
The CFO transition becomes effective August 1, 2026, when Massimo Andolina assumes the role. Until March 31, 2027, outgoing CFO Emmanuel Babeau will remain with PMI as Strategic Advisor to the Group CEO to help ensure continuity in financial leadership.
How important is the smoke-free business to Philip Morris International’s revenues?
Smoke-free products accounted for 43% of PMI’s total net revenues in the first quarter of 2026. These products, including heat-not-burn and nicotine pouches, are available in over 105 markets and are central to PMI’s shift toward a smoke-free future.
How much has Philip Morris International invested in smoke-free products?
Since 2008, PMI has invested over $16 billion in developing and commercializing smoke-free products. This spending covers scientific research, product development, and global commercialization to support its long-term goal of moving adult smokers away from cigarettes.
How many consumers use Philip Morris International’s smoke-free products?
PMI estimates more than 43 million legal-age consumers used its smoke-free products as of December 31, 2025. Many of these consumers have either stopped smoking cigarettes altogether or significantly reduced their cigarette consumption by switching to PMI’s alternatives.
What key risks to future results does Philip Morris International highlight?
PMI cites regulatory restrictions, excise tax changes, health concerns, litigation, and intense competition as major risks. It also notes macroeconomic pressures, currency volatility, supply chain challenges, and execution risks in expanding smoke-free products as important uncertainties for future performance.