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Brookes, Nicholas G.
US Fact Witness
Nicholas Brookes held numerous positions within the BAT Group of companies including a stint as Chairman and CEO of Brown & Williamson ("B&W") from 1995 to 2000. During his career with the BAT Group of companies, Brookes held the following positions:
- 1978-1982 Solicitor in British American Tobacco legal department
- 1982-1985 Managing Director of BATCo's subsidiary in Sierra Leone and Liberia
- 1985-1987 Company Secretary of BAT Stores, a BAT Industries, Plc. subsidiary which owned retailing interests in the United Kingdom
- 1987-1988 Secretary to the Chairman's policy committee of BAT Industries, Plc. as well as Secretary to the Board of Directors of BAT Industries, Plc.
- 1989-1993 Member of the Board of Directors of BATCo
- 1990-1993 Chairman and Managing Director of BAT UK and Export Limited
- 1993-1995 Director of New Business Development of British American Tobacco, Plc.
- 1995-2000 Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation
- 1996-2004 Regional Director, America-Pacific Region (Canada, United States, Japan, Korea), of British American Tobacco Holdings Limited
As Chairman and CEO of Brown & Williamson ("B&W"), as well as one of the five Regional Directors of British American Tobacco Holdings Limited, Mr. Brookes was involved at the highest levels of the entire British American Tobacco group of companies in decisions related to the public positions taken on smoking and health, addiction, and youth marketing. While Chairman and CEO of Brown & Williamson, Mr. Brookes presented speeches in which he indicated that the tobacco industry needed to change, that it had not been open enough about the health risks of smoking, and that it was late in addressing the youth smoking issue.
Source: United States' Factual Memorandum Pursuant to Order #470, Section V (tab 1)