British American Tobacco Kenya - Philemon Kipkemoi

POSITION: Executive Finance Director since May 2020.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE: Philemon has been with the BAT Group for 18 years. He joined BAT Kenya in 2007 from Pricewaterhouse-Coopers (PwC) as Internal Audit Manager. He has subsequently held various senior finance management roles within the BAT Group, including; Finance Controller BAT Uganda & Big Ben Tobacco DRC, Finance Controller & Head of Operations Finance - BAT East & Central Africa and most recently, Head of Finance for BAT Horn of Africa & Indian Ocean Islands.

He holds a Bachelor of Technology degree from Moi University and a master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) from Oxford Brookes University – UK. He is a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).

KEY APPOINTMENTS: He is a Non-Executive Director of British American Tobacco Uganda Limited (a company listed on the Uganda Securities Exchange), and Chair of the Board of Trustees of the BAT Kenya Staff Provident Fund. He is also the Head of Finance for BAT East & Southern Africa Cluster, based in Nairobi.