---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001413329-22-000129"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PM"
cik: "0001413329"
company_name: "Philip Morris International Inc."
filed_at: "2022-11-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T13:01:52.900480+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# PMI restructures into four regions; senior management changes include departure of Drago Azinovic

## Summary
- PMI reduces regions from six to four by end of January 2023; new leadership appointed to drive smoke-free growth.
- Paul Riley (East Asia, Australia & Duty Free), Frederic de Wilde (SSEA, CIS, MEA), Massimo Andolina (Europe), Deepak Mishra (Americas).
- Drago Azinovic to depart after transition; Marco Mariotti, Stacey Kennedy, and Scott Coutts also receive new roles.
- Reorganization aims to accelerate smoke-free transition; quarterly reporting will reflect new structure from Q1 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001413329-22-000129
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PM
- cik: 0001413329
- company_name: Philip Morris International Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-11-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1413329/000141332922000129/0001413329-22-000129-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1413329/000141332922000129/pm-20221125.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001413329-22-000129
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001413329-22-000129.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001413329-22-000129.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Drago Azinovic departed as President, Middle East and Africa and PMI Duty Free Region at Philip Morris International Inc..
  - Action: departed
  - Role: President, Middle East and Africa and PMI Duty Free Region
  source text: Drago Azinovic, currently President, Middle East and Africa and PMI Duty Free Region, will leave the organization after a transition period.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1413329/000141332922000129/0001413329-22-000129-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.