Jack Marie Henry David Bowles is a French businessman, and the chief executive (CEO) of

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(BAT), the world's second largest

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company by sales, since April 2019. Bowles was born in France. He was educated at

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, Paris, France. Bowles joined BAT in 2004 as head of their French business and later became head of the Malaysian business, before becoming chief operating officer (COO) in 2017. In September 2018, it was announced that Bowles would succeed

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as CEO from April 2019. Bowles is married, with three children. He is a keen scuba diver.

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