Board of Directors

Richard Burrows (66)

Chairman

Nationality: Irish

Position: Chairman since November 2009; Non-Executive Director (NED) since September 2009; and Chairman of the Nominations Committee.

Key appointments: NED and member of the Remuneration Committee of Rentokil Initial; a Supervisory Board Member at Carlsberg; and member of The Trilateral Commission.

Skills and experience: 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.

Sir Nicholas Scheele (68)

Senior Independent Non-Executive Director

Nationality: British/US

Position: Senior Independent Non-Executive Director since 2008; Non-Executive Director (NED) since 2005; and member of the Audit, Nominations and Remuneration Committees.

Key appointments: 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).

Skills and experience: 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.

Nicandro Durante (55)

Chief Executive

Nationality: Brazilian/Italian

Position: Chief Executive since 1 March 2011.

Key appointments: No external appointments.

Skills and experience: 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.

Ben Stevens (52)

Finance Director and Chief Information Officer

Nationality: British

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.

John Daly (55)

Chief Operating Officer

Nationality: Irish

Position: Chief Operating Officer since September 2010.

Key appointments: Non-Executive Director of Reynolds American Inc.

Skills and experience: 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.

Karen de Segundo (65)

Non-Executive Director

Nationality: Dutch

Position: Non-Executive Director (NED) since 2007; Chair of the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee; and member of the Nominations and Remuneration Committees.

Key appointments: 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.

Skills and experience: 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.

Ann Godbehere (56)

Non-Executive Director

Nationality: Canadian/British

Position: Non-Executive Director (NED) since 3 October 2011; Member of the Corporate Social Responsibility, Nominations and Remuneration Committees.

Key appointments: 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.

Skills and experience: 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.

Robert Lerwill (60)

Non-Executive Director

Nationality: British

Position: Non-Executive Director (NED) since 2005; Chairman of the Audit Committee; and member of the Nominations and Remuneration Committees.

Key appointments: 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.

Skills and experience: Chartered Accountant; a Director of Cable & Wireless plc and WPP Group PLC: and Chief Executive of Aegis Group plc until 2008.

Christine Morin-Postel (65)

Non-Executive Director

Nationality: French

Position: Non-Executive Director (NED) since 2007; member of the Nominations and Remuneration Committees.

Key appointments: NED of Royal Dutch Shell PLC and EXOR S.p.A. (Italy).

Skills and experience: 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.

Dr Gerard Murphy (56)

Non-Executive Director

Nationality: Irish

Position: Non-Executive Director (NED) since 2009 and member of the Corporate Social Responsibility, Nominations and Remuneration Committees.

Key appointments: 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.

Skills and experience: 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.

Kieran Poynter (61)

Non-Executive Director

Nationality: British

Position: Non-Executive Director (NED) since 2010; and member of the Corporate Social Responsibility, Nominations and Remuneration Committees.

Key appointments: 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.

Skills and experience: 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.

Anthony Ruys (64)

Non-Executive Director

Nationality: Dutch

Position: Non-Executive Director (NED) since 2006; Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and member of the Audit and Nominations Committees.

Key appointments: 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.

Skills and experience: 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.