MIAMI -- General Tobacco has announced the appointment of Edgard Aguilar to the position of marketing director. Aguilar, with more than 30 years of industry experience, will be responsible for overseeing General Tobacco's marketing policies, objectives and initiatives in addition to developing packaging design and promotional strategies for all of General Tobacco's brands.
Prior to joining General Tobacco, Aguilar served as marketing director STP division at Brown & Williamson, marketing manager at Phillip Morris in Venezuela and Guatemala, as well [image-nocss] as the director of customer operations with BAT-Lane Ltd.
Miami-based General Tobacco, the sixth largest tobacco company in the nation with approximately $300 million in annual sales, is a full participating member of the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA). The company began its operation in 2000 distributing its own value-priced cigarette brand, GT One. The company now distributes Bronco, Silver, Vaquero Little Cigars and the new premium menthol cigarette, 32 Degrees.
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