William F. Gifford Jr.

Mr. Gifford is a representative of the restricted shareholders. A US citizen, he holds a bachelor’s degree in accountancy from Virginia Commonwealth University. He currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of Altria Group, Inc. and will retire from this role on 14 May 2026. Prior to his current position, Mr. Gifford served as Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of Altria from May 2018 until April 2020 where he was responsible for overseeing Altria’s financial functions, core tobacco businesses and sales and distribution business. Prior to that, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Altria from March 2015 until May 2018. Since joining Philip Morris USA Inc., an Altria subsidiary, in 1994, Mr. Gifford has served in numerous leadership roles in Strategy & Business Development, Finance, Marketing Information & Consumer Research and as President and Chief Executive Officer of Philip Morris USA Inc. Prior to joining Philip Morris USA, Mr. Gifford worked at the public accounting firm of Coopers & Lybrand, which currently is known as PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Mr. Gifford previously served on the Board of Directors of the Company as a representative of the Restricted Shareholders from 2017 to 2023.