Richard Burrows

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Biographical Information

Mr Burrows was appointed to the ENRC "Board in June 2012. He is a member of the Audit and Remuneration Committees. Mr Burrows is Chairman of British American Tobacco p.l.c, having joined the Board of that company as a Non-executive Director in September 2009. His current non-executive roles include Rentokil Initial and Carlsberg. Mr Burrows is also a member of the Trilateral Commission which fosters closer co-operation among democratic industrialised nations.

"His executive career has been with Irish Distillers, where he was Chief Executive from 1978 to 2000, and Pernod Ricard, where he was Co-Chief Executive from 2000 to 2005, based in Paris. He was Governor of the Bank of Ireland from 2005 to July 2009, and served as President of the Irish Business and Employers Confederation from 1998 to 2000, as Chairman of the National Development Corporation from 1984 to 1988 and Chairman of the Scotch Whisky Association from 2006 to 2007."