Before joining the ANDS team as the director of government affairs,public policy and communications, Mohammad Agrabawi honed his leadership, management and government engagement skills at the Jordanian foreign ministry. He started as a diplomat and climbed the ranks from assistant to the chief of protocol to the head of the consular section in Jordanian embassies in both Cairo and Abu Dhabi, before finally landing the role as head of external affairs at Philip Morris International in Jordan.
His positive attitude helped him succeed in securing a differentiated excise structure for the company’s heated-tobacco product (IQOS)with a 78 percent reduction compared to conventional cigarettes. He also successfully managed to freeze tax increases on tobacco products in Jordan for two years in a row and headed the anti-illicit trade and anti-diversion function in Jordan, resulting in more than three significant legislative changes in anti-illicit trade laws through his engagement with the Jordanian government.
