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Richard Burrows

Richard Burrows
Born Richard George William Burrows
(1946-01-16) 16 January 1946 (age 71)
Nationality Irish
Education Wesley College (Dublin)
Occupation Businessman
Years active 1967–present
Salary $671,423
Title Chairman of British American Tobacco
Term 2009–present
Predecessor Jan du Plessis
Successor Incumbent
Board member of Rentokil Initial, CityJet, Carlsberg Group, Pernod Ricard

Richard George William Burrows (born 16 January 1946) is an Irish businessman. He is the chairman of British American Tobacco plc (informally BAT), the world’s second-largest tobacco company by sales, and chief executive of Irish Distillers. In October 2016, Burrows became the chairman of Craven House Capital, an AIM-listed company that specializes in restructuring, expansion and turnaround investments in crisis and transitioning economics.

Burrows is a graduate of Wesley College (Dublin).

Burrows joined the board of British American Tobacco plc as a non-executive director in September 2009 and became chairman on 1 November 2009.

Burrows was formerly Governor of the Bank of Ireland, a post he resigned from in June 2009.

In June 1996, he was made a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honour.


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