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British American Tobacco P.L.C.

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 49

  1. Soraya Benchikh 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Murray S. Kessler 2023-2025 Director View profile
  3. Jeremy Stephen Gary Fowden 2019-2021 Director View profile
  4. Jack Marie Henry David Bowles 2019-2023 Director View profile
  5. Holly Keller Koeppel 2017-2026 Director View profile
  6. Nowell, III, Lionel Lewis 2017-2018 Director View profile
  7. Dr Marion Helmes 2016-2022 Director View profile
  8. Dr Pedro Sampaio Malan 2015-2018 Director View profile
  9. Susan Jane Mair 2015-2024 Director View profile
  10. Evriviades Dimitri George Panayotopoulos 2015-2024 Director View profile
  11. Savio Kwan 2014-2023 Director View profile
  12. Dr Richard Tubb 2013-2016 Director View profile
  13. Godbehere, Ann Frances, M 2011-2018 Director View profile
  14. John Patrick Daly 2010-2014 Director View profile
  15. Kieran Charles Poynter 2010-2020 Director View profile
  16. Richard George William Burrows 2009-2021 Director View profile
  17. Gerard Martin Murphy 2009-2017 Director View profile
  18. John Benedict Stevens 2008-2019 Director View profile
  19. Nicandro Durante 2008-2019 Director View profile
  20. Karen Maria Alida De Segundo 2007-2016 Director View profile
  21. Christine Jacqueline Michelle Morin-Postel 2007-2016 Director View profile
  22. Anthony Ruys 2006-2014 Director View profile
  23. Sir Nicholas Scheele 2005-2013 Director View profile
  24. Robert Earl Lerwill 2005-2013 Director View profile
  25. Pieter Eduard Beyers 2004-2007 Director View profile
  26. Dr Ana Maria Llopis 2003-2011 Director View profile
  27. Antonio Monteiro De Castro 2002-2007 Director View profile
  28. Paul Ashley Rayner 2002-2008 Director View profile
  29. Matthys Hendrik Visser 2001-2009 Director View profile
  30. Paul Nicholas Adams 2001-2011 Director View profile
  31. Johann Peter Rupert 1999-2003 Director View profile
  32. Jan Petrus Du Plessis 1999-2009 Director View profile
  33. William Patrick Ryan 1999-2001 Director View profile
  34. Dr Harald Einsmann 1999-2004 Director View profile
  35. Kok Siew Wong 1998-2005 Director View profile
  36. William Arthur Owens 1998-2004 Director View profile
  37. Rupert Lascelles Pennant-Rea 1998-2007 Director View profile
  38. Kenneth Harry Clarke 1998-2008 Director View profile
  39. Keith Silvester Dunt 1998-2001 Director View profile
  40. Martin Faulkner Broughton 1998-2004 Director View profile
  41. Ulrich Georg Volker Herter 1998-2001 Director View profile
  42. Clare Alice Wilson 1997-1998 Director View profile
  43. Mark Zerdin 1997-1998 Director View profile
  44. Paul Mccrory 2017-2023 Secretary View profile
  45. Nicola Snook 2006-2017 Secretary View profile
  46. Alan Fraser Porter 2002-2006 Secretary View profile
  47. Aileen Elizabeth Mcdonald 2001-2002 Secretary View profile
  48. Philip Michael Cook 1999-2000 Secretary View profile
  49. Peter Lampard Clarke 1998-1999 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
23/07/1997

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above British American Tobacco P.L.C. on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

117 other companies in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

9 directors on the board

4.5y median 4.4y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (5)

Portfolio (4)

0
also govern a charity

Left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Professional services 3Business services 1Finance 1Other services 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
03407696
Status
Active
Type
Public Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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