Richard Burrows | |
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Born |
Richard George William Burrows 16 January 1946 |
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.