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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FINANCIAL STATEMENTS REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL REVIEWS OVERVIEW
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Hanif Lalani OBE
Chief Executive, BT Global Servicesa,f
Hanif Lalani was appointed Chief Executive, BT Global Services, on
1 November 2008. He was Group Finance Director from 7 February
2005. 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 2003 for services to business in Northern
Ireland. He is a Chartered Management Accountant. Aged 47.
Gavin Patterson
Chief Executive, BT Retaila,e
Gavin Patterson was appointed to the Board on 1 June 2008. He
joined BT in January 2004 as Managing Director, Consumer
Division, BT Retail and was appointed Chief Executive, BT Retail on
1 May 2008. Before joining BT, he was managing director of the
consumer division of Telewest. Gavin joined Telewest in 1999 and
held a number of commercial and marketing roles, after working for
Procter & Gamble since 1990. Aged 41.
Non-executive directors
Maarten van den Bergh
Deputy Chairmanb,c,d,f
Maarten van den Bergh was appointed to the Board on 1 September
2000. He was appointed Deputy Chairman on 1 October 2006. He
chairs the
Remuneration Committee and the Pension Scheme
Performance Review Group
. He is the senior independent director. He
will step down from the Board at the conclusion of the 2009 AGM.
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.
He is a non-executive director of British Airways. A Dutch
national, he is aged 67.
Matti Alahuhtac
Matti Alahuhta was appointed to the Board on 1 February 2006
and will be stepping down on 31 May 2009. He has been president
of Kone Corporation since 2005, president and CEO since 2006 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
and president telecommunications.
Matti is a member of the Executive Committee of the International
Institute for Management Development (IMD), a non-executive
director of UPM-Kymmene Corporation, and chairman of the board of
trustees of Aalto University, Helsinki. A Finnish national, he is aged 56.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND OPERATING COMMITTEE
Board of Directors
Sir Michael Rake
Chairmanc,d,e,f
Sir Michael was appointed to the Board as Chairman on
26 September 2007. He chairs the
Nominating Committee and the
Committee for Responsible and Sustainable Business and is a
member of the
Remuneration Committee and the Pension Scheme
Performance Review Group
. He was formerly chairman of KPMG
International from 2002 to 2007, and previously held other roles in
KPMG from 1972.
He is chairman of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills,
and a non-executive director of Barclays, McGraw Hill and the
Financial Reporting Council. Sir Michael’s appointments include
vice-president of the RNIB, member of the board of the
TransAtlantic Business Dialogue, member of the CBI International
Advisory Board, the Chartered Management Institute and BERR’s
US/UK Regulatory Taskforce.
A Chartered Accountant, he was knighted in 2007 for his services
to the accountancy profession. Aged 61.
Executive directors
Ian Livingston
Chief Executivea
Ian Livingston was appointed as Chief Executive on 1 June 2008.
He was formerly Chief Executive of BT Retail from 7 February 2005
and 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 is a
non-executive director of Celtic. He is a Chartered Accountant.
Aged 44.
Tony Chanmugam
Group Finance Directora
Tony Chanmugam was appointed to the Board on 1 December
2008 as Group Finance Director. He was formerly Chief Financial
Officer of BT Retail and Managing Director of BT Enterprises and,
from 1997 to 2004, he was Chief Financial Officer and
then Chief Operating Officer at BT Global Solutions. He is a
Chartered Management Accountant. Aged 55.
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