British American Tobacco Kenya - Philemon Kipkemoi

Nationality: Kenyan
Age: 44 

POSITION: Finance Director since May 2020.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE: Philemon joined BAT Kenya in 2007 from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), as Internal Audit Manager. He has subsequently held various senior Finance Leadership roles within the Group, including, Finance Controller (Uganda & Big Ben Tobacco DRC), Finance Controller (East & Central Africa), Head of Operations Finance (East & Central Africa) and most recently Head of Finance (Horn of Africa & Indian Ocean Islands).

KEY APPOINTMENTS:

• Director BAT Kenya Tobacco Company Limited.
• Director BAT Area Limited.
• Director BAT Eritrea Share Company.
• Non-Executive Director of BAT Zambia Plc.
• Non-Executive Director of BAT Zimbabwe (Holdings) Limited
• Chair of the Board of Trustees, BAT Kenya Staff Provident Fund
• Head of Finance for BAT East and Southern Africa, based in Nairobi.