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Title: Chief Operating Officer Company: British American Tobacco Industry: Consumer Packaged Goods

Directing one of the world’ s most complex FMCG supply chains, Johan Vandermeulen bridges the gap between overarching strategy and factoryfloor execution at British American Tobacco. Johan manages massive capital deployments to modernise production lines, ensuring deep operational resilience while scaling the manufacturing base for both combustible and non-combustible portfolios. Under his operational leadership, the company is accelerating smart-factory automation, high-speed automated packaging and sustainable plant practices across its extensive network of global manufacturing facilities.

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