Burrows to become chairman of British American Tobacco - - a journey from whiskey via boomtime Irish banking
Aug 19th, 2009 | By Finfacts Ireland Business & Finance Portal | Category: News worldwide
Irish chartered accountant Richard Burrows has been appointed a non-executive director at British American Tobacco plc (BAT). from September 01, 2009. He will become chairman on November 01, 2009, when Jan du Plessis steps down following his own appointment as chairman of Rio Tinto plc from 20 April 2009. Burrows, who began his career at Stokes Kennedy Crowley now KPMG and his business career in Irish whiskey, resigned this year as governor of Bank of Ireland because of mismanagement during the boomtime years.