Imperial Brands PLC announced that Stefan Bomhard is to join the Board as Chief Executive Officer, effective from 1 July 2020. Stefan will join from Inchcape plc, where he has been Chief Executive for around five years. Stefan was appointed Chief Executive of Inchcape plc in 2015.

Before joining Inchcape, Stefan was President of Bacardi Limited's European region and was also responsible for Bacardi's Global commercial organisation and Global Travel Retail. The company also announced that Matthew Phillips has stepped down as Chief Development Officer and as a Board director with immediate effect. Dominic Brisby currently Divisional Director, Americas, Africa, Asia and Australasia, and Joerg Biebernick, Divisional Director, Europe, will assume the roles of Joint Interim Chief Executive Officers, reporting directly to Thérèse Esperdy, Non-Executive Chair of the Board until Stefan's appointment.

On 3 October 2019 it was announced that Alison Cooper would step down from the role of Chief Executive and from the Board once a suitable successor was found. Given today's announcement, Alison has stepped down as Chief Executive and as a Board director with immediate effect.