ISS — Board/Management Information 2016

Apr 1, 2016

ISS

Board candidate

Ben Stevens
(full name: John Benedict Stevens)
New board candidate.
Independent.
Born 1959. British citizen.

Ben Stevens is Group Finance Director and a member of the Board of Directors of British American Tobacco p.l.c. since 2008.

Previously Ben Stevens held a number of roles on British American Tobacco's Executive Management Board, including Regional Director Europe, and Development Director with responsibility for corporate strategy, M&A and IT. Prior to joining the Executive Management Board of British American Tobacco, Ben Stevens held a number of senior executive roles within the Group, including Head of Merger Integration (following the merger with Rothmans International), Head of Corporate Affairs, Chairman and Managing Director Russia, Chairman and Managing Director of listed subsidiary in Pakistan, Regional Finance Controller Europe, East Africa and South Asia, and various marketing roles in Switzerland. His earlier career includes finance roles at both BET and at Thorn EMI.

Ben Stevens has held non-executive director roles with Ciberian and Trifast in the UK, and with ITC in India.

Education:
Bachelor's Degree in Economics from University of Manchester and MBA from Manchester Business School, University of Manchester.

Competencies:
Broad global experience spanning senior finance, general management, commercial, strategy and M&A roles in one of the leading public listed companies on the London Stock Exchange.