bat plc annual report 2007 - Management board

Mark Cobben  (Dutch)

Director, Latin America and Caribbean
Joined British American Tobacco in 1993. He has held a number of senior roles across the Group (including General Manager in Switzerland, Argentina, Russia and, most recently, Germany). He has been Director, Latin America and Caribbean since October 2007. (51)

John Daly   (Irish)

Director, Asia-Pacific
Joined the Management Board as Regional Director for Asia-Pacific in October 2004. He held a number of senior management roles for Rothmans International in Europe and the Far East before becoming Area Director for the Middle East and North Africa in 2001. (51)

Andrew Gray  (Brazilian/British)

Director, Africa and Middle East
Appointed Director, Africa and Middle East in January 2008. He joined British American Tobacco 21 years ago and has held a variety of senior marketing and general management roles in South America (including President of Souza Cruz) and also in Central America, the Caribbean and Malaysia. (43)

Rudi Kindts  (Belgian)

Director, Human Resources
Joined British American Tobacco in 1988. He has held a number of senior human resources roles in the Group and his responsibilities have covered Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Central and South Asia. He has been Director, Human Resources since July 2004. (50)

Michael Prideaux  (British)

Director, Corporate and Regulatory Affairs
Appointed Director, Corporate and Regulatory Affairs in 1998 following the demerger of B.A.T Industries. He joined B.A.T Industries in 1989 from Charles Barker, a leading financial and corporate public relations, advertising and design agency, where he was Chief Executive. (57)

Jimmi Rembiszewski  (German)

Group Marketing Director
Joined the Group as a Marketing Director and as a Territorial Director in 1991, having had various senior marketing and business appointments in Procter & Gamble and Jacobs Suchard. He has been a member of the Management Board since 1996. (57)

Ben Stevens  (British)

Director, Europe
Appointed Director, Europe in January 2004 having previously joined the Management Board in 2001 as Development Director. Since joining British American Tobacco in 1989, he has covered a number of senior marketing, finance and management roles particularly in Europe, South Asia and Russia. He has been appointed Executive Director with effect from 3 March 2008 and will succeed Paul Rayner as Finance Director on 30 April 2008. (48)

Peter Taylor  (British)

Global Operations Director
Joined British American Tobacco in 1980 and worked in a variety of operational and general management roles across the Group. He was appointed Global Operations Director in 2003. (55)

Neil Withington  (British)

Director, Legal and Security and General Counsel
Appointed Director, Legal and Security and General Counsel of British American Tobacco in 2000, having previously been the Group’s Deputy General Counsel. He joined the Group in 1993 after a career at the Bar and in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. He has been a Director of Reynolds American Inc. since July 2004. (51)