BAT GETS ITS FIRST MALAYSIAN MANAGING DIRECTOR

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 1 (Bernama) -- William Toh Ah Wah will be Malaysia's
first ever Malaysian Managing Director of British American Tobacco (Malaysia)
Bhd (BAT Malaysia) effective Oct 1.

Toh is currently the Head of Indonesia Area (covering markets of Indonesia,
Thailand and Philippines) and the Regional Project Manager for BAT Asia Pacific.

Toh joined the company in 1981 as a management trainee and held various
marketing roles including Area Manager and Marketing Manager.

Then, he took up lead positions in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, New Zealand and
Pakistan and in 2007, he was promoted to Director of BAT's South East Area
(Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka).

Meanwhile, the present Managing Director of BAT Malaysia, Jack Bowles, has
been promoted to the British American Tobacco p.l.c. management board position
as Regional Director, Western Europe. He will relocate to the group's
headquarters in London.

In a statement here Tuesday, the company said Bowles had succeeded in
strengthening the company's leadership position in Malaysia's tobacco industry
despite the mounting illicit trade challenges.

BAT Malaysia is part of the BAT group, which is the world's leading tobacco
group and the second largest stock market listed tobacco group in the world by
global market share.
-- BERNAMA