British American Tobacco Bangladesh - Mr. Stuart Kidd

Background

Mr. Stuart Kidd graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce in 1997 from Auckland University. He is a chartered accountant and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and New Zealand.

Date of appointment to BATB Board

Mr. Stuart Kidd was appointed as a Non- Executive Director to the Board of Directors of BAT Bangladesh on 25th January 2023.

Achievements

Prior to joining BAT Australia as an internal auditor in 2001, Mr. Kidd started his career in 2000 as a senior external auditor for EY Australia.

In 2003, he began working at BAT New Zealand as a strategic project manager. In 2004, he was promoted to commercial finance manager.

After serving as the finance controller for BAT Vietnam for a brief period in 2008, Mr. Kidd joined the group headquarters' mergers and acquisitions division in the UK the following year. After then, he advanced to the position of Finance Director at BAT International (Zug, Switzerland).

In 2012, Mr. Kidd transferred to Hong Kong, where he was appointed as the Regional Business Development Manager, responsible for mergers and acquisitions for the Asia Pacific Region. This included the establishment of the joint venture business in Myanmar.

In 2015, Mr. Kidd was appointed the Finance Director for the North Asia Area with a base in Tokyo after moving back to the Asia Pacific region in 2012 as the Regional Business Development Manager. He returned to the regional office as the regional head of finance in 2020.

Mr. Kidd currently sits on the board of directors of Ceylon Tobacco Company (Sri Lanka) and Vinataba/ BAT PMD JV (Vietnam).

He has considerable expertise and experience in financial accounting, internal control governance, financial planning and delivery, tax and treasury, business restructuring, and many more. He graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce in 1997 from Auckland University. He is a chartered accountant and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and New Zealand.