Richard Burrows

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Richard Burrows
Born	Richard George William Burrows (1946-01-16) 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, currently Chairman of British American Tobacco plc (informally BAT), the world’s second-largest tobacco company by sales.

Early life

Burrows is a graduate of Wesley College (Dublin).

Career

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.

Honours and awards

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