Williams Grand Prix Holdings PLC announced that after six years, Eddie Charlton is stepping down from his position as the Senior Independent Non-Executive Director on the company's Board of Directors. As announced in July 2017, Doug Lafferty has joined company in the position of Chief Financial Officer, and will now take up his position on the company's Board of Directors. Doug joins Mike O'Driscoll, Claire Williams, Mark Biddle and Paddy Lowe on the Board, alongside the company's Non-Executive Chairman Nick Rose and Non-Executive Director Brad Hollinger. Doug has joined company from British American Tobacco, where he was Head of Finance for the Americas region. Doug joined BAT in 2001 and has held positions of increasing responsibility during a very successful career with the company. After a number of international assignments, Doug returned to the UK in 2013, as Finance Director for BAT's Next Generation Products business, where he played a key role in the development of the group's strategy.