
	Mark A. Peters is chief financial officer of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, as well as senior vice president - decision support for RAI Services Company. He assumed these positions on Jan. 1, 2011.

	Prior to that, he was vice president of finance for RAI Services. Peters began his career in 1989 as an accountant for HMS. In 1993 he joined Brown &amp; Williamson (B&amp;W) as a management trainee. He later held a number of management positions at B&amp;W and British American Tobacco, its parent company. On July 30, 2004, R.J. Reynolds and the U.S. operations of B&amp;W were combined, and Reynolds American became R.J. Reynolds&#39; new parent company. At that time, Peters joined the RAI operating companies as vice president and CFO of subsidiary Lane Limited. In July 2006 he was appointed CFO of another RAI subsidiary, American Snuff Company LLC. In 2007 he became CFO of RAI subsidiary, Global Products.

	A native of Winona, Minn., Peters earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and accounting from Macalester College and a master&#39;s degree in business administration from Indiana University.
