Board Committee Changes

RNS Number : 9332L

British American Tobacco PLC

01 May 2015

 



1 May 2015

BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO p.l.c.

BOARD COMMITTEE CHANGES

Following a review of the memberships of its Board committees and the re-election of all Directors at the Annual General Meeting on 29 April 2015, British American Tobacco today announces that Kieran Poynter, a Non-Executive Director of the Company since 2010, will assume the role of Remuneration Committee Chairman and will step down as Audit Committee Chairman. He will remain a member of the Audit Committee.

Gerry Murphy, who has been a Non-Executive Director since 2009 and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee since 2011, will step down as Chairman and as a member of the Remuneration Committee and he will become a member of the Audit Committee.

Christine Morin-Postel, who has been a Non-Executive Director of the Company since 2007, the Senior Independent Director since 2013 and a member of the Audit Committee since 2014, will become Chairman of the Audit Committee.

There are no changes to Committee memberships other than those outlined above.   

All of the above changes will take effect from 5 May 2015.

Nicola Snook

Secretary

British American Tobacco p.l.c.

Enquiries:

British American Tobacco Press Office

Will Hill/Anne Vickerstaff           [phone]

 

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