Julia Lefèvre

Julia Lefèvre joined Imperial Brands’ Corporate Development team in 2017 and is Corporate Development Director. She has led or played a significant role in a range of corporate transactions. Public company materials describe her as Head of Mergers & Acquisitions / Corporate Development Director. Before Imperial Brands, she worked in investment banking at Credit Suisse in France, the UK and Australia and in Corporate Finance at RELX plc.

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05 Nov 2026

M&A Review UK Articles M&A

Integrate the scale. Protect the difference. How Imperial Brands uses M&A to transform its portfolio without standardising away what it buys

Imperial Brands acquires entrepreneurial companies to build scale in smoke-free products. Julia Lefèvre explains how the group scales what needs scale – and protects what made the acquired businesses distinctive.