Change in Boardroom
Amended Announcements
Please refer to the earlier announcement reference number: C03-20112019-00005
| BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (MALAYSIA) BERHAD |
| Date of change | 09 Dec 2019 |
| Name | MR IGNACIO BALLESTER |
| Age | 46 |
| Gender | Male |
| Nationality | Italy |
| Designation | Executive Director |
| Directorate | Executive |
| Type of change | Appointment |
Qualifications
| No | Qualifications |
Major/Field of Study |
Institute/University |
Additional Information |
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Others
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Business |
INSEAD The Business School for the World. (Fontainebleau, France) |
General Management Programme |
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Masters
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Master in Business Administration |
IDEA, (Instituto para el Desarrollo Empresarial de la Argentina) Graduate School of Business. (Bs As, Argentina) |
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Degree
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Degree in Business Administration |
School of Economics University of Buenos Aires. (Bs As, Argentina) |
This degree includes a series of key subjects which focused on acquiring additional financial and technical skills in ethics, leadership, law, tax, statistics, economics, and corporate finance. |
| Working experience and occupation | From 2015 to 2019, Ignacio was the Area Finance Director, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Chief Information Officer for BATs South America Cluster where he lead the Finance & IT departments for a group of seven companies/countries (Argentina, Chile, Peru, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia, and Ecuador). He was also the President of the Board for BAT Chile. Prior to his current role Ignacio was the Managing Director for BAT ASPAC SERVICE CENTRE, the Regional Shared Services Unit for Asia Pacific Region based in Kuala Lumpur from 2012 and 2015. He also served as Finance Director for B.A.T. (U.K. and Export) Limited and Regional Finance Manager in BAT East Europe, Africa and Middle East from 2008 to 2011. He was the Area CFO and Head of IT for BAT Southern African Markets (Stellenbosch) from 2007 to 2008. He was the CFO and Head of IT for Mozambique (Maputo, Mozambique) from 2005 to 2007. After completing his management trainee program in 1998, he also served in various Finance positions with assignments in Argentina and Europe until 2005. He started his career in BAT Argentina as a Management Trainee under the Finance Management Trainee Program from 1996 to 1998. |
| Directorships in public companies and listed issuers (if any) | None |
| Family relationship with any director and/or major shareholder of the listed issuer | None |
| Any conflict of interests that he/she has with the listed issuer | None |
| Details of any interest in the securities of the listed issuer or its subsidiaries | None |
| Remarks : |
1) Mr. Ignacio Ballester's appointment as the Non-Independent Executive Director and Finance Director of the Company would be effective 9 December 2019 instead of 1 December 2019. His work permit approval dated 9 December 2019 was received on 10 December 2019. 2) There were some minor amendments made to the "Working experience and occupation" in the previous announcement submitted by the Company on 21 November 2019. |
Announcement Info
| Company Name | BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (MALAYSIA) BERHAD |
| Stock Name | BAT |
| Date Announced | 10 Dec 2019 |
| Category | Change in Boardroom |
| Reference Number | C03-10122019-00007 |