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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Sir Christopher Bland Chairman
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Sir Christopher Bland was appointed to the Board as Chairman
on 1 May 2001. He chairs the Nominating and Community
Support committees.
He was chairman of the BBC Board of Governors from 1 April
1996 until 30 September 2001. From 1972 to 1979, Sir
Christopher was deputy chairman of the Independent
Broadcasting Authority and chairman of its Complaints Review
Board. In 1982, he became a non-executive director of LWT
Holdings and was chairman from 1983 to 1994, when LWT was
acquired by Granada Group. From December 1994 to May
2000, he was chairman of NFC. From 1977 to 1985, he was
chairman of Sir Joseph Causton & Sons.
Sir Christopher, who was chairman of the Hammersmith and
Queen Charlotte’s Hospitals Special Health Authority from
1982 to 1994 and of Hammersmith Hospital’s NHS Trust from
1994 to February 1997, was knighted for his work in the NHS
in 1993. He was chairman of the Private Finance Panel from
1995 to 1996 and a member of the Prime Minister’s Advisory
Panel on the Citizen’s Charter. He is a Senior Adviser at
Warburg Pincus and chairman of the Royal Shakespeare
Company. Aged 67.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
Ben Verwaayen Chief Executive
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Ben Verwaayen was appointed to the Board on 14 January
2002 and became Chief Executive on 1 February 2002. He
chairs the Operating Committee.
Ben was formerly vice chairman of the management board of
Lucent Technologies in the USA from October 1999. He joined
Lucent in September 1997 as executive vice president
international and became chief operating officer the following
month. Prior to joining Lucent, Ben worked for KPN in the
Netherlands for nine years as president and managing director
of its telecoms subsidiary, PTT Telecom. From 1975 to 1988,
he worked for ITT in Europe. He was created an Officer of the
Order of Orange–Nassau in April 2006. He is a non-executive
director of UPS. A Dutch national, he is aged 54.
Andy Green Chief Executive, BT Global Services
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Andy Green was appointed to the Board on 19 November 2001.
He was appointed as Chief Executive of BT Global Services in
October 2001. Since joining BT in 1986, he has held a number
of positions, including Chief Executive of BT Openworld and
Group Director of Strategy and Development. Andy was a
member of the former Executive Committee from February
1995. He is a board member of e-skills UK and a non-executive
director of NAVTEQ Corporation (a US corporation). Aged 50.
Hanif Lalani Group Finance Director
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Hanif Lalani was appointed to the Board on 7 February 2005 as
Group Finance Director. He was formerly Chief Financial Officer
for BT Wholesale. Since joining BT in 1983 he has held a
number of positions, including Chief Executive of BT Northern
Ireland and Managing Director BT Regions. Hanif was also
chairman of OCEAN Communications (BT’s subsidiary in the
Republic of Ireland). He was awarded the OBE in January 2003
for services to business in Northern Ireland. He is a Chartered
Management Accountant. Aged 44.
Ian Livingston Chief Executive, BT Retail
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Ian Livingston was appointed as Chief Executive of BT Retail on
7 February 2005. He was formerly Group Finance Director from
April 2002. Prior to joining BT, he was group finance director
of Dixons Group from 1997. He joined Dixons in 1991 after
working for 3i Group and Bank of America International. His
experience at Dixons spanned a number of operational and
financial roles, both in the UK and overseas. He was also a
director of Freeserve from its inception. He is a Chartered
Accountant and also a non-executive director of Ladbrokes.
Aged 41.
Dr Paul Reynolds Chief Executive, BT Wholesale
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Paul Reynolds was appointed to the Board on 19 November
2001. In April 2000, he was appointed as Chief Executive of BT
Wholesale. He joined BT in 1983, and has held a number of
roles, including Director of the Office of the Chairman, Director
of Multimedia and, from 1999, Managing Director of Networks
and Information Services. He is a non-executive director of
E-Access (a Japanese corporation). Aged 49.
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
Sir Anthony Greener Deputy Chairman
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Sir Anthony Greener was appointed to the Board on 1 October
2000. He was appointed Joint Deputy Chairman and chairman
of the Audit Committee on 1 January 2001. He is the senior
independent director. He became Deputy Chairman and
chairman of the Remuneration Committee on 18 July 2001.
Sir Anthony is chairman of the Qualifications and Curriculum
Authority. He was formerly chairman of Diageo. Prior to the
merger of Guinness and Grand Metropolitan, he was chairman
and chief executive of Guinness, having been chief executive of
Guinness since 1992. A member of the board of United
Learning Trust. Aged 65.
Matti Alahuhta
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Matti Alahuhta was appointed to the Board on 1 February
2006. He has been president of Kone Corporation since January
2005 and a director since 2003. He was formerly at Nokia
Corporation for more than 20 years, where his most recent roles
were executive vice president and chief strategy officer,
president mobile phones then president telecommunications.
Matti is foundation board chairman of the International
Institute for Management Development (IMD) and chairman of
Technology Industries of Finland Centennial Foundation.
A Finnish national, he is aged 53.
Maarten van den Bergh
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Maarten van den Bergh was appointed to the Board on
1 September 2000. He chairs the Pension Scheme Performance
Review Group. He is chairman of Akzo Nobel Supervisory Board
and a non-executive director of British Airways and Royal Dutch
Shell, and former chairman of Lloyds TSB Group.
Prior to his retirement in July 2000, Maarten was president
of the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company and vice chairman of its
committee of managing directors from July 1998, having been
appointed a managing director of the Royal Dutch Shell Group
of companies in July 1992. A Dutch national, he is aged 64.
Clayton Brendish
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Clay Brendish was appointed to the Board on 1 September
2002. He is non-executive director and external chairman of the
Meteorological Office Board, non-executive chairman of Anite,
Close Beacon Investment Fund and Echo Research Limited and
a non-executive director of Herald Investment Trust. He is also
a trustee of Economist Newspapers and the Foundation for Liver
Research. Prior to his retirement in May 2001, Clay was
executive deputy chairman of CMG having joined the board
when it acquired Admiral. Clay was co-founder and executive
BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND OPERATING COMMITTEE
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