Imperial Board Changes

Source from:  tobaccoreporter.com UK, Wednesday, June 27, 2007 06/28/2007

Imperial Tobacco has appointed Alison Cooper, regional director for Western Europe, to the board as corporate development director effective July 1. He will assume responsibility for strategic planning and business development. Cooper will also take responsibility for corporate affairs after the board reluctantly accepted the resignation of Frank Rogerson, corporate affairs director, for personal reasons. The board has also appointed, effective July 1, Mark Williamson, chief financial officer of international power, and Michael Herlihy, former general counsel of ICI, as independent non-executive directors. Vice chairman Anthony Alexander intends to retire from the doard at the annual general meeting in early 2008. Enditem