Directorate Change

British American Tobacco PLC
02 September 2003





              MANAGEMENT BOARD CHANGES AT BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO



Nick Brookes, Director - America-Pacific, is to retire from the Management Board
of British American Tobacco at the end of the year.  He has recently become a
Non-executive director of Next plc and intends to take up other appointments.
When he retires, the America-Pacific region will be reorganised, with Canada and
the USA each being represented on the Management Board, while Japan and South
Korea will become part of the Asia-Pacific region.  A more detailed announcement
about the reorganisation of the America-Pacific region will follow.



Imperial Tobacco Canada is announcing that Bob Bexon, President & CEO, will
retire in mid 2004 and that Luc Jobin, currently Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer, will become President & CEO on 1st January 2004, at
which point Bob will be appointed Vice Chairman.  Luc will join the Management
Board of British American Tobacco at the same time.



Susan Ivey, President & CEO at Brown & Williamson, the Group's US subsidiary,
will also join the Management Board on 1st January 2004.  Susan and Luc will
continue to be based in the USA and Canada respectively.



In addition, Georg Domizlaff, Director - Europe, has decided to leave the Group
for personal reasons.  He will be succeeded by Ben Stevens, currently Director -
Development.  A separate announcement about the future arrangements for Ben
Stevens' current responsibilities will be made in due course.



Commenting on the changes, Martin Broughton, Chairman of British American
Tobacco, said:  "I would like to thank Nick, Georg and Bob for everything they
have done over the years.  Nick joined the Group as a lawyer in 1978 and his
varied career has included playing a key role in our moves into Eastern Europe
during the 1990s before becoming CEO of Brown & Williamson at a difficult time.
During his 10 years with the Group, Georg has made an important contribution in
Germany and, more recently, in Europe as a whole.  Finally, Bob can take great
pride in the competitive strength of Imperial Tobacco Canada, the company he
joined in 1975, as well as in his time at Brown & Williamson.  I wish them all
well and warmly welcome Susan and Luc as members of the Management Board."



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