Board of Directors - British American Tobacco

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Board of Directors
Nationality
Position
Key appointments
Skills and experience
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British American Tobacco
Annual Report 2011
Corporate governance Financial statements Other information
Richard Burrows (66)
Chairman
Sir Nicholas Scheele (68)
Senior Independent
Non-Executive Director
Irish British/US Brazilian/Italian
Chairman since November 2009;
Non-Executive Director (NED) since
September 2009; and Chairman
of the Nominations Committee.
NED and member of the Remuneration
Committee of Rentokil Initial; a
Supervisory Board Member at
Carlsberg; and member of The
Trilateral Commission.
Chief Executive of Irish Distillers; Co-Chief
Executive of Pernod Ricard; Governor
of the Bank of Ireland; Fellow of the
Institute of Chartered Accountants
of Ireland.
Ben Stevens (52)
Finance Director and
Chief Information Officer
Senior Independent Non-Executive
Director since 2008; Non-Executive
Director (NED) since 2005; and member
of the Audit, Nominations and
Remuneration Committees.
Chairman of The Cambridge-MIT
Institute, Key Safety Systems, Inc. (USA)
and Global Metalsa SA de CV (Mexico)
and a Director of Grupo Proeza (Mexico).
President and Chief Operating Officer of
Ford Motor Company; knighted in 2001
for services to British exports; and
Chancellor of Warwick University
from 2002 until 2008.
John Daly (55)
Chief Operating Officer
Nationality British Irish Dutch
Position Finance Director since 2008; additionally
Chief Information Officer since 2010.
Key appointments No external appointments.
Skills and experience
Senior Group finance and general
management roles; Head of Merger
Integration following the merger with
Rothmans; Chairman and Managing
Director of the Pakistan Tobacco Company
and British American Tobacco Russia;
appointed to the Management Board in
2001 as Development Director becoming
Director, Europe in 2004. Holds a BA
(Hons.) in Economics from Manchester
University and an MBA from
Manchester Business School.
Chief Operating Officer since
September 2010.
Non-Executive Director of Reynolds
American Inc.
Marketing Director, P.J. Carroll &
Company (Ireland); senior management
roles in Europe and the Far East; and
Area Director Middle East & North Africa.
Appointed to the Management Board as
Regional Director for Asia-Pacific October
2004. Holds a Diploma in Marketing and
an International MBA.
Nicandro Durante (55)
Chief Executive
Chief Executive since 1 March 2011.
No external appointments.
COO from 2008; Regional Director for
Africa and Middle East and member of
the Management Board from 2006;
senior general management roles in
Brazil (including President of Souza Cruz)
and in the UK and Hong Kong; has wide
experience in senior international finance
and management roles within the
Group. Holds a degree in finance,
economics and business administration.
Karen de Segundo (65)
Non-Executive Director
Non-Executive Director (NED) since
2007; Chair of the Corporate Social
Responsibility Committee; and member
of the Nominations and Remuneration
Committees.
NED and member of Audit & Risk,
Nomination, Remuneration and Safety &
Sustainability Committees of Lonmin plc;
Supervisory Board Member at E.ON AG;
and Member of the Board of Pöyry Oyj.
Senior executive roles before retiring as
CEO Shell International Renewables and
President Shell Hydrogen in 2005. Holds
a Masters degree in Law from Leiden
University, an MBA from Michigan State
University and is a Council Member of
the Anglo Netherlands Society.

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Ann Godbehere (56)
Non-Executive Director
Canadian/British
Non-Executive Director (NED) since
3 October 2011; Member of the
Corporate Social Responsibility,
Nominations and Remuneration
Committees.
NED, member of the Nominations
Committee and Chair of the Audit
Committee of Rio Tinto plc; member of
the Audit and Corporate Responsibility
Committees and Chair of the HR and
Compensation Committee of UBS AG;
NED and Chair of the Audit Committee
of Prudential plc; NED of Ariel Holdings
Ltd, Atrium Underwriting Group Ltd and
Atrium Underwriters Ltd.
Chief Financial Officer of Swiss Re Group;
Chief Financial Officer of Northern Rock
during the initial phase of its public
ownership; and Fellow of the Certified
General Accountants of Canada.
Dr Gerard Murphy (56)
Non-Executive Director
Irish
Non-Executive Director (NED) since 2009
and member of the Corporate Social
Responsibility, Nominations and
Remuneration Committees.
Member and Chairman of the Executive
Committee of The Blackstone Group
International Partners LLP; NED of the
British Venture Capital and Private Equity
Association Ltd; member of the
Management Committee of Merlin
Entertainments Group Ltd; and member
of the Supervisory Board of Jack Wolfskin
Ausrüstung für Draussen GmbH & Co.
Chief Executive Officer of Kingfisher plc,
Carlton Communications plc, Exel plc,
Greencore Group plc; senior operating
roles at Diageo plc. Holds a BSc and PhD
in food technology from University
College Cork and an MBS in Marketing
from University College Dublin.
Corporate governance Financial statements Other information
Robert Lerwill (60)
Non-Executive Director
British French
Non-Executive Director (NED) since
2005; Chairman of the Audit Committee;
and member of the Nominations and
Remuneration Committees.
Chairman of Synergy Health plc and
Chairman of its Nomination Committee
and member of its Remuneration
Committee; and NED and Chairman
of the Audit Committee of Transcom
Worldwide S.A.
Chartered Accountant; a Director of
Cable & Wireless plc and WPP Group
PLC: and Chief Executive of Aegis
Group plc until 2008.
Kieran Poynter (61)
Non-Executive Director
British Dutch
Non-Executive Director (NED) since
2010; and member of the Corporate
Social Responsibility, Nominations
and Remuneration Committees.
NED and Chairman of the Audit
Committee of International Consolidated
Airlines Group S.A.; NED and member of
the Remuneration, Audit, Risk &
Compliance and Nomination
Committees of F&C Asset Management
PLC; Chairman and NED of Nomura
International PLC; and NED of The Royal
Automobile Club Ltd.
Chartered Accountant; Chairman and
Senior Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers
until 2008; served on the President’s
Committee of the Confederation of
British Industry and as member of an
advisory committee for the Chancellor
of the Exchequer.
Christine Morin-Postel (65)
Non-Executive Director
Non-Executive Director (NED) since
2007; member of the Nominations
and Remuneration Committees.
NED of Royal Dutch Shell PLC and EXOR
S.p.A. (Italy).
Chief Executive of Société Générale de
Belgique, Executive Vice-President and
member of the Executive Committee
of Suez and Chairman and CEO of
Crédisuez S.A.; studied political sciences
and graduated from the Institut de
Contrôle Gestion.
Anthony Ruys (64)
Non-Executive Director
Non-Executive Director (NED) since
2006; Chairman of the Remuneration
Committee and member of the Audit
and Nominations Committees.
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of
NV Luchthaven Schiphol (NL); member
of the Supervisory Boards of the
Rijksmuseum and JANIVO Holdings
BV (NL); and NED of the Group’s
Indian associate, ITC Limited.
Marketing Director and Chairman of
various Unilever subsidiaries; member
of Executive Board, Vice Chairman and
Chairman of Heineken. Holds a degree
in Commercial Law from University of
Utrecht and a Masters degree from
Harvard Business School.
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