Tony Wardle

Learning Innovation and Technology Manager Global Learning Team, British American Tobacco

Tony has spent over 18 years as a learning and development professional across a wide selection of industries. Leaving corporate life 8 years ago to specialise in learning technology consulting, listing as clients HSBC, Nissan (Europe), NHS Trusts, NTL, Barclays Capital and AWE.

With British American Tobacco, Tony has managed programmes for IT, built capability frameworks for Operations and Finance, before joining the Talent Team to deliver the Global Learning Project.

British American Tobacco is the world’s second largest publicly quoted tobacco group by global market share with brands sold in more than 180 markets. In 2010 its subsidiary companies produced 708 billion cigarettes and employed more than 60,000 people. Leading global brands are Dunhill, Kent, Pall Mall and Lucky Strike.