Our Board of Commissioners
Sampoerna’s professional leaders
Paul Norman Janelle
PRESIDENT COMMISSIONER
Paul Norman Janelle is a Canadian citizen who was appointed as Sampoerna’s President Commissioner in 2025. Previously, he has been part of Sampoerna’s Board of Commissioner since 2019. He first joined PMI in 1991 as a finance trainee. He progressed through several key positions in finance at PMI affiliates including Director Finance in PMI Lausanne and Russia, Vice President Finance Asia in PMI Asia Hong Kong, President Director in Sampoerna, and Vice President Corporate Planning and Business Development in PMI Lausanne. He holds a bachelor degree in business administration and science, and a masters degree in business administration in finance, from the Websters University in Geneva, Switzerland.
Mindaugas Trumpaitis
VICE PRESIDENT COMMISSIONER
Mindaugas Trumpaitis is a Latvian citizen who was appointed as Sampoerna’s Commissioner in 2025. He joined PMI Lithuania in 1998 in Sales and progressed his career through various positions including Country Manager Latvia and Manager Trade Marketing and Sales Development until 2005. Since then, he has experience in managing tobacco business in various PMI’s global affiliate, including as General Manager / Managing Director of Finland (2007 – 2008), the Baltics (2008 – 2010), Mexico (2010 – 2013), and Canada (2013 – 2016). He continued his career as President Director of Sampoerna (2016 – 2022), then assuming the role of Managing Director Canada (2022 – 2024), Regional President Latin America and Canada (2024 – 2025), and currently as President Combustibles Category & Global Combustibles Marketing at PMI Switzerland. He holds a Bachelor‘s Degree in Economics and a Master’s Degree in Business Management both from Klaipeda University in Klaipeda, Lithuania.
Justin Guy Mayall
INDEPENDENT COMMISSIONER
Justin Guy Mayall became Sampoerna’s Independent Commissioner in 2020. A British citizen, he played a major role in PMI legal department for 27 years with key expertise in mergers and acquisitions (M&A), foreign direct investment, corporate law, and regulatory and compliance law. He was part of the team that spearheaded major M&A transactions, including the acquisition of Sampoerna. He is a seasoned lawyer with over 34 years of experience, both in law firms or as in-house counsel. He holds a master degree in arts from Balliol College, Oxford University, and proceeded to Guildford College of Law thereafter.
Luthfi Mardiansyah
INDEPENDENT COMMISSIONER
Luthfi Mardiansyah became Sampoerna’s Independent Commissioner in 2019. Born in Banjarmasin, he started his career in Wicaksana Overseas International Group as Assistant Marketing Director. He then started his career in pharmaceutical industry in PT Capsugel Indonesia and resumed many key positions including Sales Director, Site Leader, and General Manager before he was transferred to Capsugel China as a General Manager. He returned to Indonesia in 2007 and held various management positions with other pharmaceutical companies including Pfizer Indonesia as Executive Director and President Director, Novartis Indonesia as President Director, Director and Senior Advisor, and as external consultant in Center for Healthcare Policy and Reform Studies. He is a medical doctor and has attended several business courses at Michigan Business School, USA, Macquarie Graduate School of Management Sydney, Australia, and IMD Business School, Switzerland.