ALFONSO L. CARNEY, JR. NAMED VICE PRESIDENT & ASSOCIATE GENERAL COUNSEL - WASHINGTON RELATIONS OFFICE FOR PHILIP MORRIS COMPANIES INC.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 12, 1995--Philip Morris Companies Inc., recently announced the appointment of Mr. Alfonso L. Carney, Jr., as Vice President & Associate General Counsel for the Washington Relations Office of Philip Morris Companies Inc. Mr. Carney will relocate to the Washington, D.C., area, where he will be Government Affairs counsel to the Company, and will report to Murray Bring, Executive Vice President, External Affairs and General Counsel, Philip Morris Companies Inc. Prior to his new position, Mr. Carney served as Senior Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary for the Corporation in New York. He joined Philip Morris in November 1990 and shortly thereafter was elected by the Board of Directors to the position of Assistant Secretary. Before that, he served as Senior International Counsel for Kraft General Foods, a subsidiary of Philip Morris. Mr. Carney began his career in the food and beverage F&B is a common abbreviation in the United States and Commonwealth countries, including Hong Kong. F&B is typically the widely accepted abbreviation for "Food and Beverage," which is the sector/industry that specializes in the conceptualization, the making of, and delivery of foods. industry in 1974 when he joined General Foods Corporation as a Division Attorney. He served as Trade Regulation/Assistant Litigation Counsel until September 1978, when he was appointed Washington Federal Government Relations Counsel. In 1982, he returned to General Foods' headquarters as International Counsel and later as Senior International Counsel, serving as lead counsel for transactions in India, Thailand, The People's Republic of China, Singapore, Hong Kong, the Middle East and throughout Western Europe. A native of Norfolk, VA, Mr. Carney graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., with a B.A. degree in Philosophy in 1970 and is currently President of the College's Black Alumni Association. He received a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law The University of Virginia School of Law was founded in Charlottesville in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson as one of the original subjects taught at his "academical village," the University of Virginia. in 1974, and has studied at the Parker School of International Law at Columbia University. Mr. Carney is a member of the Board of Directors of the New York Urban League and sits on the Corporate Advisory Board of the Consortium for Graduate Study in Management in St. Louis. He is also a member of the Board of Advisors of the Institute for Not-for-Profit Management of the Columbia Business School Columbia Business School (part of Columbia University), officially named the Columbia University Graduate School of Business, and also known as CBS, was established in 1916 to provide business training and professional preparation for undergraduate and graduate and serves various community organizations in New Rochelle, N.Y., were he previously resided. Mr. Carney is a member of the Westchester Clubmen Clubmen were bands of vigilantes during the English Civil War (1642–1651) who tried to protect their localities against the worst excesses of the respective armies of both sides in the war. , 100 Black Men, and is Treasurer and a member of the Executive Committees of both Sigma Pi Phi Sigma Pi Phi is generally considered to be the first African-American Greek-lettered organization. Sigma Pi Phi was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on May 15, 1904. [2] The founders included two doctors, a dentist and a physician [3]. Fraternity and the International Amateur Athletic Association The Amateur Athletic Association of England (formerly simply the Amateur Athletic Association) or AAA (pronounced 'three As') is the oldest athletics organization in the UK, having been established in 1880. . Philip Morris Companies Inc. has six principal operating companies: Philip Morris U.S.A.; Philip Morris International Philip Morris International, (PMI) based in Lausanne, Switzerland, held a 15.5% share of the international cigarette market in 2005. Its brands, led by Marlboro and L&M, are sold in over 160 countries around the world. Inc.; Kraft Foods, Inc.; Kraft Foods International; Miller Brewing Company Miller Brewing Company is the second largest American beermaker and is based in Milwaukee. It is owned by SABMiller. Miller owns breweries in Albany, Georgia; Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin; Eden, North Carolina; Fort Worth, Texas; Irwindale, California; Milwaukee, Wisconsin and ; and Philip Morris Capital Corporation. CONTACT: Darienne L. Dennis 212/878-2754 |
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