About

British American Tobacco’s operations in Peru have been in existence for over 20 years and encompasses the import and marketing of eight brands of cigarettes throughout the country. Contributing heavily to the company’s position as a market leader in Peru, legal and regulatory manager Claudia Aragon Nuñez has a remit that includes the protection of BAT’s brands by ensuring the ongoing legal and compliance agenda is fulfilled successfully. Aragon has been praised for dealing with issues that include licensing and litigation affairs, as well as for being central to the business’s alignment with BAT’s core business principles; these include conducting business with honesty, integrity and transparency in order to contribute to the continuous development of a company that is responsible and sustainable in the long term. Having spent almost eight years at BAT, Aragon has been a key figure at the business across a variety of legal positions in Chile, Argentina and Peru. She first joined as a legal analyst and was then a legal supervisor before starting her current role in August 2015.