Martin Broughton
Martin became chairman of British Airways in July 2004, having joined the board in 2000 as a non-executive director. He is also deputy president of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), having served as president from January 2007 until June 2009.
Martin chaired the British Horseracing Board from 2004-2007, having joined as an independent director in 1999. Until 2004, he was chairman of British American Tobacco (BAT), a role he took on in 1998, having previously been group chief executive and deputy chairman since 1993. Earlier he had been chairman of the Wiggins Teape Group, chairman of Eagle Star and group managing director of BAT Industries’ Financial Services.
He was the European chair of the TransAtlantic Business Dialogue until 2008 and is a member of the European Round Table of Industrialists.
Martin is married with a son and a daughter and enjoys horseracing, football, golf and the theatre.
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