Maya Selva Cigars has named Fillippo Costi as its new chief commercial officer.

Costi formerly served as general manager at Shlophili S.A., the distributor of Versace watches and Salvatore Ferragamo in Latin America.

According to a press release, Costi’s first exposure to cigars was in the early 1990’s in Spain, but he began to become more passionate about them during several trips to Havana, Cuba.

“I believe the best definition of luxury is time, the time spent perfecting and building a product,” said Costi, in a press release. “In this way, cigars are one of the greatest expressions of luxury, because of the time it takes to collect the leaves, dry and ferment them, select and roll them, and bring them to the global market… and finally, the time spent enjoying a cigar and sharing one with friends.”

According to Maya Selva Cigars, Costi will begin his new role starting June 28.

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Brooks Whittington

I have been smoking cigars for over eight years. A documentary wedding photographer by trade, I spent seven years as a photojournalist for the Dallas Morning News and the Fort Worth Star Telegram. I started the cigar blog SmokingStogie in 2008 after realizing that there was a need for a cigar blog with better photographs and more in-depth information about each release. SmokingStogie quickly became one of the more influential cigar blogs on the internet, known for reviewing preproduction, prerelease, rare, extremely hard-to-find and expensive cigars. I am a co-founder of halfwheel and now serve as an editor for halfwheel.