Directors' Report: Governance - British American Tobacco

1. Richard Burrows (Irish)
Chairman ▲
Appointed a Director in September 2009 and
Chairman on 1 November 2009, having previously
held the posts of Chief Executive at Irish Distillers and
Co-Chief Executive at Pernod Ricard. He is currently
a Non-Executive Director of Rentokil Initial and
Carlsberg. He was Governor of the Bank of Ireland
from 2005 until 2009 and Chairman of the Scotch
Whisky Association 2006-2007. He is Chairman of
the Nominations Committee. (64)
2. Sir Nicholas Scheele (British/US)
Non-Executive Director ▲ ■ ● ◆
Appointed a Director in 2005 and Senior Independent
Director in May 2008. He is Chairman of The
Cambridge-MIT Institute and Key Safety Systems,
Inc. (USA) and a Director of Pegasus Holdings Group
(USA) and Grupo Proeza (Mexico). (66)
3. Paul Adams (British)
Chief Executive
Appointed a Director in March 2001 and
Chief Executive in January 2004. He joined British
American Tobacco in July 1991 and held senior
appointments as Regional Director, Asia-Pacific
and Regional Director, Europe prior to becoming
Deputy Managing Director in June 2001 and
Managing Director in January 2002. (56)
4. Ben Stevens (British)
Finance Director
Appointed a Director in March 2008 and Finance
Director in April 2008. Since joining British American
Tobacco in 1989 he has held a number of senior
finance and general management roles particularly
in western Europe, south Asia and Russia. He was
appointed to the Management Board in 2001 as
Development Director and was Director, Europe
from January 2004. (50)
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5. Nicandro Durante (Brazilian/Italian)
Chief Operating Officer
Appointed a Director and Chief Operating Officer
on 1 January 2008 having previously been Regional
Director for Africa and Middle East and a member
of the Management Board since March 2006. He
previously held senior general management roles in
Brazil (including President of Souza Cruz) and also in
the UK and Hong Kong. He was appointed a Director
of Reynolds American Inc. in December 2008. (53)
6. Karen de Segundo (Dutch)
Non-Executive Director ▲ ● ◆
Appointed a Director in October 2007. Karen
retired as CEO Shell International Renewables and
President Shell Hydrogen in 2005. She is currently
a Non-Executive Director of Lonmin plc, Ensus
Holding Limited, E.ON AG, Pöyry Oyj and Royal
Ahold NV. She chairs the Corporate Social
Responsibility Committee. (63)
7. Robert Lerwill (British)
Non-Executive Director ▲ ■ ●
Appointed a Director in 2005, he is Chairman
of the Audit Committee. He is a Non-Executive
Director of Synergy Health PLC and was formerly
a Director of Cable & Wireless plc, WPP Group PLC,
The Anthony Nolan Trust and Chief Executive of
Aegis Group plc. (58)
8. Dr Ana Maria Llopis (Spanish)
Non-Executive Director ▲ ● ◆
Appointed a Director in 2003. She is Founder and
Executive Chairman of Global ideas4all, Executive
Deputy Chairman of the J F Llopis Foundation and
was a member of the Good Governance Working
Group for Spanish listed companies. Ana Maria is
also a Non-Executive Director of ABN AMRO Bank
and a Director of Service Point Solutions, S.A.
(Spain), chairing its Remuneration and Nominations
Committees. (59)
9. Christine Morin-Postel (French)
Non-Executive Director ▲ ■ ●
Appointed a Director in October 2007. Christine is
currently a Non-Executive Director of Royal Dutch
Shell PLC, EXOR S.p.A. (Italy) and 3i Group plc.
She previously held a number of executive positions
including 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. before her retirement. (63)
10. Dr Gerard Murphy (Irish)
Non-Executive Director ▲ ● ◆
Appointed a Director on 13 March 2009. Gerry
is a Senior Management Director (partner) at
The Blackstone Group having previously been
Chief Executive Officer of Kingfisher plc, Carlton
Communications plc, Exel plc (formerly NFC plc) and
Greencore Group plc. His previous non-executive
appointments have included Reckitt Benckiser plc,
Abbey National plc, Novar plc and PJ Carroll plc,
an Irish subsidiary of British American Tobacco. (54)
11. Anthony Ruys (Dutch)
Non-Executive Director ▲ ■ ●
A Director from March 2006, he is a member of
the Supervisory Board of JANIVO Holdings BV (NL)
and a Non-Executive Director of Lottomatica S.p.A.
(Italy). In April 2009 he became Chairman of the
Supervisory Board of NV Luchthaven Schiphol (NL)
and was appointed a Non-Executive Director of the
Group’s Indian associated undertaking, ITC Limited,
in January 2009. He chairs the Remuneration
Committee. (62)
Board Committees
Committee membership is indicated
by the following symbols:
▲ Nominations Committee
■ Audit Committee
● Remuneration Committee
◆ Corporate Social Responsibility Committee
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