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Dinyar S. Devitre’s career with the Altria family of companies began in 1970 at Godfrey Phillips India Ltd. an affiliate of Philip Morris International (PMI) in Bombay India. Later he was assigned to Melbourne Australia where he served as Marketing Services Manager Asia Pacific for PMI. In 1974 Mr. Devitre was transferred to New York and appointed PMI’s Regional Coordinator Asia/Canada. Two years later he returned to Godfrey Phillips India Ltd. as General Manager. In 1980 Mr. Devitre was appointed Regional Director PMI Asia based in Hong Kong and a year later was appointed a Vice President. In 1984 he was named President PMI Asia.
Mr. Devitre returned to New York in 1990 where he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer PMI. In September 1992 Mr. Devitre was named Executive Vice President PMI and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Philip Morris K.K. based in Tokyo Japan. He was appointed Senior Vice President Corporate Planning Philip Morris Companies in 1995. He was appointed to his current position in March 2002 after returning from a senior management position with Citigroup in Europe.
Born in Jamshedpur India Mr. Devitre earned a B.A. degree at St. Joseph’s College in Darjeeling India and an M.B.A. from the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad.
Mr. Devitre is a member of the Board of Directors of Kraft Foods. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Lincoln Center and is a Trustee of the Asia Society. | 