Business Chief USA April 2019

year we re-enter civil society with
a smile,” Salzman says. “I hope we
will be able to turn the conversation
towards getting people to give up
their conventional combustible
tobacco and move towards
safer alternatives.”
Looking to the future, Salzman
believes that 2019 is going to
be the year she helps lead Philip
Morris into the next phase of
its evolution. “This is the year
I champion more women being
hired in more roles where they
can make a difference for the
company, and then for themselves
and their families. By the time we
get to 2025, I think the most
important job of someone in
my position is to be sure I have
a successor, and that she is ready
to step in and lead.” Salzman can
look back across a career filled with
hard work and undeniable results.
She concludes: “I hope my tombstone
says: ‘She helped the planet
become a land of non-smokers’.”
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