Former FDA Official Joins Lorillard as Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer

Lorillard, Inc. LO, the third largest manufacturer of cigarettes in the United States, today announced the appointment of Dr. Neil L. Wilcox, a former U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) science policy analyst, as senior vice president of product-related regulations and chief compliance officer.   In the newly created role, Dr. Wilcox will oversee and manage regulatory affairs, including plans to achieve regulatory compliance with federal regulations such as the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. "Neil Wilcox brings a commanding knowledge of regulatory affairs to Lorillard, where he will help build out a robust regulatory function to meet the requirements of the federal tobacco law and FDA regulations," said Murray S. Kessler, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Lorillard.   Wilcox comes to Lorillard from the FDA, where he spent 13 years as a science and regulatory expert, most recently as science policy analyst in the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition since 2008.