Pakistan Tobacco Company (PTC) has announced the appointment of Usman Zahur as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. The company made a formal announcement to this effect here Friday.

Prior to this assignment, Usman was the Area Marketing Director for South Asia Cluster comprising Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Afghanistan and Maldives. Usman during his career with BAT has worked on various positions in Marketing within Pakistan, BAT Headquarters in London and in geographies like Europe, Africa, Japan, and Bangladesh

Usman replaces Syed Javed Iqbal, who served as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of PTC for three years and has now been elevated to the position of Area Director, Middle East & South Asia, British American Tobacco.