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EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
Sir Iain Vallance Chairman (a) (i) (j)
Sir Iain was appointed a director of the company in 1984.
He served as Chief Executive from 1986 until December
1995 and has been Chairman since 1987. Sir Iain is also a
non-executive vice-chairman of the Royal Bank of Scotland,
a non-executive director of Mobil Corporation and
chairman of the Princess Royal Trust for Carers. Aged 54.
Sir Peter Bonfield CBE Chief Executive (a) (b) (c) (i)
Sir Peter was appointed to the Board on 1 January 1996
as Chief Executive. He is also a director of BT’s associated
company, MCI Communications Corporation. Sir Peter
is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and the
Institution of Electrical Engineers. From 1981 to 1995,
he worked for ICL, most recently as chairman and chief
executive. Sir Peter is currently non-executive deputy
chairman of ICL, a non-executive director of Zeneca and
vice-president of the British Quality Foundation. Aged 52.
Dr Alan W Rudge CBE Deputy Chief Executive (a) (b) (c)
Dr Rudge FRS FEng FIEE joined BT in 1987 and was
appointed to the Board in 1989. He became Deputy Chief
Executive in January 1996. Dr Rudge is also a non-
executive director of ERA Technology and LucasVarity.
He is chairman of The Engineering Council and The
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, and
a past president of the Institution of Electrical Engineers.
Aged 59.
Robert P Brace FCA Group Finance Director
(a) (b) (c) (e) (g)
Mr Brace joined the company in 1989 and was appointed to
the Board in 1993 as Group Finance Director. A career-long
finance professional, he started with Peat Marwick Mitchell
(KPMG) in 1971 and subsequently held senior finance
roles with Unipart and Black & Decker. Mr Brace chairs
BT’s Welsh Advisory Forum. Aged 47.
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
Sir Colin Marshall Deputy Chairman (a) (d) (h) (j)
Sir Colin was appointed to the Board in April 1995 and
became Deputy Chairman in January 1996. He is also a
director of MCI Communications Corporation. Sir Colin
ceased to be chairman and chief executive of British
Airways at the end of 1995, but remains chairman. He is
also chairman of Inchcape, a non-executive director of
HSBC Holdings and the New York Stock Exchange and
president of the Confederation of British Industry. Aged 63.
Dr Iain Anderson (d) (e) (h) (j)
Dr Anderson was appointed to the Board in November
1995. He is chairman of the chemicals sector of Unilever,
for whom he has worked since 1965. Dr Anderson joined
the Unilever board in 1988. He has post-doctorate
qualifications in microbiology from both Glasgow
and Massachusetts Universities. Aged 58.
LEFT TO RIGHT: Gerald H Taylor, Sir Iain Vallance,
Birgit Breuel, Sir Colin Marshall, Dr Alan Rudge, Keith Oates,
Malcolm Argent, Sir Ewen Fergusson, Sir Peter Bonfield, Dr Iain Anderson,
Robert Brace, Bert C Roberts Jnr, Yve Newbold, Colin Green.