Markus Essing, manager of Philip Morris International’s Benelux markets, has been named to replace Stacey Kennedy as managing director of PM Germany and Austria, the marketing trade journal Horizont said.

Kennedy, who directed PM operations in Germany, Austria, Croatia and Slovenia, was recently named president of PMI’s South & Southeast Region, including Indonesia and the Philippines. Essing will assume his new duties at the onset of 2018, Horizont said.