In this task, you are given a sentence in the Romanian language. Your job is to translate the Romanian sentence into the English language.

BAT a mai spus că Antonio Monteiro de Castro, director pentru America Latină și Caraibe, va deveni director de operațiuni pe 1 ianuarie 2004.
BAT also said Antonio Monteiro de Castro, director for Latin America and the Caribbean, would become chief operating officer on January 1, 2004.