October 22/London/London Stock Exchange Aggregated Regulatory News Service -- SABMiller plc announced that Barry Smith, president, SABMiller Latin America, will be retiring at the end of December 2010.
Smith has served the group for 26 years and has been a member of the SABMiller Executive Committee since 2005, when he was appointed president, SABMiller South America following the completion of the Bavaria transaction. He has been president, SABMiller Latin America since 2007. He originally joined The South African Breweries Limited (SAB Ltd) in 1984 and has held a number of senior positions in the group including marketing director, SAB Ltd in South Africa, managing director Kompania Piwowarska S.A. in Poland, and senior vice president, Market Development and Strategy, Miller Brewing Company, USA.