British American Tobacco Zimbabwe (BAT) managing director Clara Mlambo has resigned from the company effective June 30, 2019.

She served 3 years at the helm of the company.

The group did not give further details on the reasons of her resignation, stating: “the board would like to thank Mrs. Mlambo for her valuable contribution to the company during her tenure and wishes her well in her future endeavours.”

Mrs. Clara Mlambo was appointed Managing Director of British American Tobacco Zimbabwe (Holdings) Limited as of February 1, 2016 and resigned from this position as of June 30, 2019.

Clara joined the Company as a Management Trainee and went further to hold the positions of Head of Brands, Head of Trade and Marketing Manager.

In 2006 Clara was posted to British American Tobacco South Africa where she was initially Cluster Manager Grocery.

She then moved onto the DSS (Direct Store Sales) Project in South Africa as lead on two key work streams. After the DSS project she moved to Strategy, Planning and Insights (SP&I) as Marketing Planning Manager.

In 2009 Clara became Area Head of Brands Sub Saharan Africa and later Area Head of Brands East and Central Africa Area based in Kenya and was part of the project team that ensured the successful transition of the West Africa Markets from Sub Sahara to the then newly formed West Africa Area.

From September 2011 to December 2013, Clara held the position of Head of Marketing for the British American Tobacco Southern African Markets cluster based in South Africa.

Prior to her recent appointment, Clara was the Managing Director of British American Tobacco (Zambia) Plc which is listed on the Lusaka Stock Exchange.

Meanwhile, the BAT Zimbabwe board has said it has commenced the process of looking for Mrs. Mlambo’s replacement.