Building A Better Tomorrow™ – Responsibly

Building A Better Tomorrow™ – Responsibly

Our last episode this season focuses on our Legal and External Affairs (LEX) function. The episode features a panel discussion featuring Management Board member Jerome Abelman, Director, Legal and External Affairs, Craig Harris, Regional Head of LEX – Europe, Michelle Phillips, Head of Corporate Compliance as well as joining virtually, Tamara Gitto, AGC Business Conduct & Compliance and Summer Hanna – VP Scientific Regulatory Engagement, Reynolds.

Focus on Btomorrow Ventures – BAT’s corporate venturing unit

Our latest episode focuses on BAT’s corporate venture unit, Btomorrow Ventures (BTV). This episode features a panel discussion including Management Board member Tadeu Marroco, Finance and Transformation Director, Lisa Smith, BTV Managing Director and Lexy Prosszer, BTV Investment Principal. They explore the work that BTV has done over the past few years helping BAT on its transformational journey beyond nicotine and to create A Better Tomorrow™. The discussion is followed by Lukasz Garbowski, BTV Investment Director, interviewing Danny Lowe, Founder and CEO of Blockhead, about BTV’s recent investment into his company. The episode ends with a look back at our 2021 global pitch competition which was run in partnership with BTV. Peter Wozny, BTV Senior Legal Counsel, chats with winning team member Ryan Dewwanga about the £50,000 investment his team won with their business idea of environmentally friendly, edible straws made out of seaweed.

BAT as a sustainable enterprise

Our latest episode features Management Board members Zafar Khan, Group Operations Director and Kingsley Wheaton Chief Marketing Officer, as well as senior leaders Samanmali Chandrasiri, Group Head of HR Marketing and R&D, Tania Legkun, Marketing Director for our North-West Europe Area, and Simon Brown, Group Head of Operations, Development and Sustainability. They are interviewed by Anna Mitchell, Global Head of Business Communications and Sustainability and Charlotte Packer, Global Graduate. In this episode, our hosts and guests discuss BAT’s commitment to sustainability, and how our ESG efforts contribute to delivering A Better Tomorrow™.

New Categories & Our Partnership with McLaren

Our latest episode features Zak Brown, CEO of McLaren Racing, Kingsley Wheaton, Chief Marketing Officer, Paul Lageweg, Director, New Categories and Elly Criticou, Category Director, Vapour & New Channels. They are interviewed by John Beasley, Group Head of Brand Building and Yasmina Abboud, Marketing Global Graduate. In this episode, our hosts and guests discuss how our partnership with McLaren Racing inspires innovative thinking, as well as how our new category products support the delivery of our A Better Tomorrow™ strategy. Tune in to learn how you can #BeTheChange by joining BAT! The material in this podcast is provided for the purpose of giving information about BAT and is not intended for general consumers. The material in this Podcast is not provided for product advertising, promotional or marketing purposes. This material does not constitute and should not be construed as constituting an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any of BAT products.

Delivering A Better Tomorrow™

Our latest episode features David O’Reilly, Director Scientific Research, Carlista Moore Condé, Head of New Stimulant Science, Ed Forsdike, Head of Emerging Product Platforms. They are –interviewed by Claire Wisbey, Head of Science Communications and Lorna Flintham, who recently finished our Global Graduate Programme. In this episode, our hosts and guests discuss how BAT’s world-class science enables the delivery of A Better Tomorrow™ and how our approach to Research & Development is innovation-led, multi-category, and global in nature. They also discuss the diverse career paths our global R&D Hub in Southampton, UK, offers, as well as our focus on female talent in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths).