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Billy Gifford serves as President and Chief Executive Officer for Philip Morris USA, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Altria Group. He has held this position since January 2010.
In his current role, Billy oversees PM USA and John Middleton. He leads both companies’ efforts to responsibly manufacture and market their brands to adult tobacco consumers in a financially disciplined way.
Most recently, he served as Vice President and Treasurer for Altria. In this role, Billy led various groups at Altria Client Services including: Risk Management, Treasury Management, Benefits Investments, Corporate Finance, and Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis.
Since joining PM USA in 1994 as an accountant, Billy has held different leadership positions in the company’s Finance department in Richmond, Va., and New York City. This includes serving as Vice President and Controller, Finance Decision Support, as well as various roles within budgets and financial planning. Billy also previously served as Vice President, Market Information.
Prior to PM USA, Billy worked at the public accounting firm of Coopers & Lybrand, which currently is known as PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Active in the community, he serves on the Board of Trustees of the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges.