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Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.

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Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.

Information About Our Executive Officers as of February 8, 2024**:**

NameOfficeAge
Jacek OlczakChief Executive Officer59
Massimo AndolinaPresident, Europe Region55
Emmanuel BabeauChief Financial Officer56
Werner BarthPresident, Combustibles Category & Global Combustibles Marketing59
Lars DahlgrenPresident, Smoke-Free Oral Products & Chief Executive Officer Swedish Match53
Frederic de WildePresident, South and Southeast Asia, Commonwealth of Independent States, Middle East and Africa Region56
Reginaldo DobrowolskiVice President and Controller49
Yann GuérinSenior Vice President and General Counsel47
Stacey KennedyPresident, Americas Region & CEO of PMI's U.S. Business51
Paul RileyPresident, East Asia, Australia, and PMI Duty Free Region58
Stefano VolpettiPresident, Smoke-Free Inhalable Products & Chief Consumer Officer52

Jacek Olczak – Age 59

Mr. Olczak was appointed as our Chief Executive Officer in May 2021. From January 2018 until May 2021, Mr. Olczak has served as our Chief Operating Officer, and from August 2012 until December 31, 2017, he served as our Chief Financial Officer. He joined PMI’s Polish affiliate in 1993 and progressed through various roles in finance and general management positions across Europe, including as Managing Director of PMI’s markets in Poland and Germany and as President of the European Union Region, before being appointed Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining PMI, Mr. Olczak worked for BDO, an international network of public accounting, tax, consulting and business advisory firms.

Massimo Andolina – Age 55

Mr. Andolina was appointed as our President, Europe Region in January 2023, prior to which he served as our Senior Vice President, Operations since January 2018. He joined PMI in 2008 as Director, Operations Planning, and has held several various roles at PMI, 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 PMI, Mr. Andolina held a variety of international positions in strategic marketing and general management for Tetra Pak International and in operations for R.J. Reynolds International.

Emmanuel Babeau – Age 56

Mr. Babeau was appointed as our Chief Financial Officer in May 2020. Prior to joining PMI in May 2020, Mr. Babeau served as the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Schneider Electric, an energy and automation digital solutions company. In this position, he was in charge of Finance and Legal Affairs. Mr. Babeau joined Schneider Electric in 2009 as Executive Vice President Finance and a member of the Management Board. Mr. Babeau also served on the board of Sanofi S.A., a French multinational healthcare company, from 2018 to 2020. Mr. Babeau started his career in 1990 at Arthur Andersen, and from 1993 to 2009, he progressed through various positions at Pernod Ricard, a beverage company, the latest being Chief Financial Officer and Group Deputy Managing Director. Mr. Babeau also served as a non-executive director at Sodexo, a French food services and facilities management company, from January 2016 until December 2021. He currently sits on the board of Davide Campari-Milano N.V.

Werner Barth – Age 59

Mr. Barth was appointed as our President, Combustibles Category & Global Combustibles Marketing in November 2021. Mr. Barth joined PMI in 1990 as Marketing Trainee at Philip Morris Germany and throughout his career he progressed through various roles at PMI in marketing, product management, brand supervision and general management. Prior to his current position, from 2015, Mr. Barth held the role of Senior Vice President, Marketing & Sales, and from 2018, he held the role of Senior Vice President, Commercial.

Lars Dahlgren – Age 53

Mr. Dahlgren was appointed as our President Smoke-Free Oral Products and CEO Swedish Match in January 2023. Prior to PMI’s acquisition of Swedish Match, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Swedish Match since June 2008, and as its Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President from July 2004 until June 2008. Prior to that, from April 2004 to July 2004, he was Acting Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance at Swedish Match. Mr. Dahlgren joined Swedish Match in 1996 and has been a member of its Group Management Team since 2004.

Frederic de Wilde – Age 56

Mr. de Wilde was appointed as our President, South and Southeast Asia, Commonwealth of Independent States, Middle East and Africa Regions in January 2023, prior to which he served as President, European Union Region from July 2015. From July 2011 until July 2015, Mr. de Wilde held the role of Senior Vice President, Marketing & Sales. Mr. de Wilde joined PMI in 1992 as Brand Manager L&M at Philip Morris Belgium, and throughout his career, he progressed through various roles at PMI in marketing, sales and general management.

Reginaldo Dobrowolski – Age 49

Mr. Dobrowolski was appointed as our Vice President and Controller in August 2021. From May 2019 until August 2021, Mr. Dobrowolski was our Vice President, Corporate Financial Planning, Data & Reporting. Prior to that, Mr. Dobrowolski held various roles in our Finance department, including Director Corporate Financial Planning & Reporting from October 2014 until May 2019.

Yann Guérin - Age 47

Mr. Guérin was appointed as Senior Vice President and General Counsel in July 2023, having served as Senior Vice President and Global Head of Law and Compliance for June 2023. Previously, he served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Corporate from July 2021 to May 2023; as Vice President and Associate General Counsel, South & Southern Asia from November 2019 to June 2021; and as Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Middle-East, Africa & Global Duty Free from January 2018 to October 2019. Prior to that, since joining PMI in 2006, Mr. Guérin held a variety of legal roles across the company’s businesses, regions and functions. Before joining PMI, he was an attorney at Skadden Arps.

Stacey Kennedy – Age 51

Ms. Kennedy was appointed as our President, Americas Region & CEO of PMI's U.S. Business in January 2023. Previously, she served as our President, South and Southeast Asia Region from January 2018. From 2015 until 2018, Ms. Kennedy served as Managing Director for Germany, Austria, Croatia, and Slovenia. Ms. Kennedy began her career with Philip Morris USA in 1995 as a Territory Sales Manager. Throughout her career, she held a number of positions of increasing responsibility in commercial and general management.

Paul Riley – Age 58

Mr. Riley was appointed as our President, East Asia, Australia, and PMI Duty Free Region in January 2023. Previously, he served as our President, East Asia and Australia Region from January 2018. From 2015 until 2018, Mr. Riley served as President of Philip Morris Japan. Mr. Riley joined Philip Morris Australia in 1988. Over the following two decades, he held a number of positions in Australia, Hong Kong, and Japan, before being named Managing Director, Serbia & Montenegro in 2010. Mr. Riley returned to the Asia Region in 2013, when he became President of Philip Morris Fortune Tobacco Corporation in the Philippines.

Stefano Volpetti – Age 52

Mr. Volpetti was appointed as our President Smoke-Free Inhalable Products & Chief Consumer Officer in January 2023, having served as President Smoke-Free Products Category & Chief Consumer Officer from November 2021. Mr. Volpetti joined PMI in June 2019 as Chief Consumer Officer. From February 2016 until May 2019, Mr. Volpetti served as the Vice President & Brand Franchise Leader of a multi-functional, global business unit at Procter & Gamble, a multinational consumer goods company. Mr. Volpetti spent 22 years at Procter & Gamble, progressing through various roles with increasing responsibility locally in Italy and Mexico, and on a regional level for the European market. Mr. Volpetti also served as Chief Marketing Officer at Luxottica Group S.p.A, an Italian eyewear conglomerate, in 2015.

Codes of Ethics and Corporate Governance

We have adopted a code of ethics, which we call the Code of Conduct. The Code of Conduct complies with requirements set forth in Item 406 of Regulation S-K, applies to all of our employees, including our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, and persons performing similar functions. We have also adopted a code of business conduct and ethics that applies to the members of our Board of Directors. These documents are available free of charge on our website at www.pmi.com.

In addition, we have adopted corporate governance guidelines and charters for our Audit and Risk, Compensation and Leadership Development, Science and Technology and Nominating and Corporate Governance committees of the Board of Directors. All of these documents are available free of charge on our website at www.pmi.com. Any waiver granted by Philip Morris International Inc. to its principal executive officer, principal financial officer or controller, or any person performing similar functions under our code of ethics, or certain amendments to the code of ethics, will be disclosed on our website at www.pmi.com.

The information on our website is not, and shall not be deemed to be, a part of this Report or incorporated into any other filings made with the SEC.

Also refer to Board Operations and Governance—Committees of the Board, Election of Directors—Process for Nominating Directors, Election of Directors—Director Nominees and Stock Ownership Information and Availability of Reports, Other Matters and 2024 Annual Meetings—2024 Annual Meeting sections of the proxy statement.

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