25th Mar 2008 10:00
British American Tobacco PLC25 March 2008 Management Board Appointments Following the appointment of Ben Stevens as Finance Director of British AmericanTobacco p.l.c. - with effect from the Group's AGM on 30 April - David Fell andJean-Marc Levy will join the Group's Management Board on 1 May, as RegionalDirectors with responsibility for Eastern Europe and Western Europerespectively. Jean-Marc, who is Swiss, joined British American Tobacco over 14 years ago. Hiscareer has covered roles in both Marketing and General Management and he iscurrently Area Director, Central Europe. David, who is English, has over 18years' experience in the Group and is currently Area Director, Australasia. Hisprevious roles were also in Marketing and General Management. During 2008 the Group is conducting a review of the composition of its regionsand, given the proposed acquisition of Skandinavisk Tobakskompagni, it feelsthis is the right time to move towards Europe being managed as two separateunits. The Group intends to fully reflect the changes resulting from thisreview, including the separation of Europe into two regions, in terms of bothits internal and external reporting from 1 January 2009. Commenting on the appointments, Paul Adams, Chief Executive of British AmericanTobacco, said: "Ben Stevens has led the European Region extremely well,producing impressive results, especially in terms of global drive brand growth,revenue growth and profit growth. David and Jean-Marc are well placed to carryon this work and I wish them every success in their new roles." ENQUIRIES British American Tobacco Press OfficeDavid Betteridge / Kate Matrunola / Cat Armstrong+ (44) 0 20 7845 2888 (24 hours) Investor RelationsRalph Edmondson / Sharon Woodcock+44 (0) 20 7845 1180 / 1519 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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