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BAT announces CEO successor

The Board of British American Tobacco (BAT) has announced that the current CEO of BAT’s international business, Jack Bowles, will take over CEO Nicandro Durante’s position following Durante’s retirement on 1 April 2019, the company said in a press release.

Bowles will first become Chief Executive Designate on 1 November 2018 and join BAT’s Board on 1 January 2019, the company said.
Bowles started at BAT in 2004 as CEO of BAT France. Subsequently, he become the Managing Director of the BAT subsidiary in Malaysia. In 2009, Bowles was appointed Regional Director for Western Europe, and thereafter Regional Director of the Americas and the Asia-Pacific. Since 2017, Bowles has been the Chief Operating Officer of BAT's international business.
Bowles commented on his new appointment, saying, “I am honoured to succeed Nicandro. It is an exciting time for BAT with many changes in our industry but also great opportunities. With our depth of talent, our iconic brands and our range and pipeline of potentially reduced risk products, I am confident that we will take full advantage of these opportunities as we accelerate the transformation of BAT into a stronger multi-category tobacco and nicotine products company.”
Richard Burrows, Chairman of BAT, was quoted as saying, “Having conducted a far-reaching succession process with strong external and internal candidates, the Board is delighted to appoint such an experienced and dynamic successor from within BAT. Throughout his career at BAT, Jack has demonstrated excellent strategic leadership; growing businesses, driving productivity improvements and building strong management teams. In his most recent roles, as Director, Asia-Pacific and, as COO, he has played a key role in developing our potentially reduced-risk products business.
“Jack‘s track record of innovating, and his experience across so many different geographies and areas of our business, position him extremely well to build on Nicandro’s achievements and write the next chapter in BAT’s history.”

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