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Cigar-loving mum-of-two Alison Cooper named new Imperial chief  

Jump to full article: The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday (uk), 2009-11-11
Author: Tamsin Brown

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Alison Cooper will become the latest in the handful of women in charge of a FTSE 100 company when she takes the reins at Imperial Tobacco next May.

The 43-year-old mother of two, who admitted to a penchant for cigars, will replace longstanding chief executive Gareth Davis when he retires after 37 years at the Lambert & Butler cigarette maker.

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