Job Title: Director people & culture
Company: Phillip Morris South Africa
Lynn Kleinsmith is the Director of People & Culture at Philip Morris International, Southern Africa
Lynn, who took on her current role in 2020, was previously the HR director at Red Bull based in Cape Town where she was responsible for leading and managing the country’s HR team within the Red Bull South Africa business by providing professional, strategic and tactical services aligned to the company’s global strategies. Prior to this she was HR Director at the Adidas Group and HR Regional Manager at Dimension Data Group.
Work
2020 - Present Director people & culture, Philip Morris International
2016 - 2020 HR director, Red Bull
2015 - 2016 Managing director, MRI Network
2013 - 2015 HR director, Adidas Group
2010 - 2012 Human resources regional executive: people & culture, Dimension Data MEA
2009 - 2010 Human resources manager, Verisign
2001 - 2009 Human resources business partner, JP Morgan
1997 - 2001 HR consultant, The Foschini Group
About Phillip Morris: Philip Morris South Africa was established in 2003, their cigarette portfolio consists of Marlboro and Chesterfield, and we distribute our products domestically as well as export to markets in the region. Leonard Dingler, an affiliate of Philip Morris South Africa, also manufactures other tobacco products such as roll-your-own, pipe tobacco, and nasal snuff, including the market-leading pipe tobacco brands Boxer and Best Blend. Philip Morris South Africa’s parent company, Philip Morris International, is also one of the 17 international organisations awarded this year’s Global Top Employer certification. PMI employs more than 79,000 people worldwide.
