# British American Tobacco appoints Dragos Constantinescu as its chief financial officer.

*business · news · 2026-04-09 · MarketScreener*

## Key points

- Dragos Constantinescu is returning to BAT as chief financial officer after working at Asahi.
- Constantinescu will officially join BAT on September 1, 2024.
- He replaces Javed Iqbal, who was interim CFO following the abrupt exit of the previous finance head.
- BAT aims for 50 million smokeless product consumers by 2030 and 50% revenue from them by 2035.

**Companies:** British American Tobacco, Asahi Breweries
**Countries:** United Kingdom, Japan, India

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