STG Sets New Management for its Handmade Cigar Business

Photo: General Cigar

Scandinavian Tobacco Group announced today that Regis Broersma becomes the new President of General Cigar Company which is a leader in the US market for handmade and premium cigars. He succeeds Dan Carr who has stepped down and leaves the Group. Regis Broersma (38, pictured to the right) is Dutch born and has an international background in sales, marketing and general management. Regis Broersma has worked in the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Denmark, the UK and the US. Currently, he is Managing Director of STG Germany. Regis Broersma has worked in the cigar industry since 2002 and has a great passion for cigars.

In addition, Scandinavian Tobacco Group assigns the responsibility of its entire global hand-made cigar businesses to an Executive Vice President. Craig Reynolds (pictured above) assumes this responsibility which includes General Cigar, its international business and Cigars International which is a leading online retailer in the US. Craig Reynolds continues as President for Cigars International.

Niels Frederiksen, CEO of Scandinavian Tobacco Group, says: “I am happy to announce Regis Broersma being new President of General Cigar. Regis has the experience and the innovative approach needed to continue the impressive development of General Cigar together with its management team. Our handmade cigar business accounts for 25% of our net sales and is a growth engine of our business. We want to reinforce this development by adding executive management capacity for the entire handmade business globally.”