The Chief Executive’s Committee is the senior management steering group for the Company. Comprised of the Chief Executive, the Executive Directors and the Company Secretary (biographies), the Director of Finance and Planning, the Group Human Resources Director and the Group Sales and Marketing Director (biographies below), the Committee is responsible for implementing Group strategy and monitoring the detailed performance of all aspects of the business.

Alison Cooper, BSC, ACA, Aged 39

Director of Finance and Planning

 

Alison joined the Group in 1999 from PricewaterhouseCoopers, having worked with Imperial Tobacco over a number of years from both an audit and acquisition perspective. She is responsible for financial planning and development including the financial evaluation of acquisitions as well as day-to-day Group financial management and control, taxation and investor relations.

 

Kathryn Brown, Aged 50

Group Human Resources Director

Kathryn joined Imperial in 2002 from Somerfield PLC, where she was a member of the PLC Board. She has also held a number of senior operational consulting roles in change management in the FMCG sector. She is responsible for all aspects of human resource management across the Imperial Tobacco Group.

 

Graham Blashill BSC, Aged 58

Group Sales and Marketing Director

Graham was appointed Sales and Marketing Director in February 2005 and subsequently to the Board in October 2005. He is responsible for the Group’s entire global sales and marketing activities across Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa and the Middle East, and Australia and New Zealand. He has worked for Imperial Tobacco for 37 years and during that time has held a number of senior sales and marketing positions, including Managing Director UK and Regional Director for Western Europe.