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Governance
64 Governance
64
Chairman’s governance report
As a Board, we provide strong leadership
in setting standards and values for our
company. We keep our corporate governance
framework under continual review and our
Board committees play a vital role in ensuring
its effectiveness. Our governance structure is
shown in the diagram below. Each committee
chair has provided a report on the committee’s
role and what it has done during the year. You
can read about this on pages 71 to 92. As a
Board we have focused on a range of matters
from our future strategy for TV, mobility and
wireless, BT Global Services, a review of cyber
defence and the development of our Better
Future strategy, together with a regular review
of the key risks to our business.
I continue to keep the membership of our
Board under review, looking for exceptional
candidates to join us and ensuring we have the
right mix of skills, experience and background.
Currently 30% of our Board members are
women, and our aim is to continue to have
atleast 25% female representation.
We promote an inclusive working environment
throughout our company and we aim to
mirror the diversity, in its widest sense, of the
societies in which we operate. At 31March
2013, 21% of our people were women, in
a sector that has traditionally been male
dominated.
I am personally
committed to ensuring
that our Board is strong,
working effectively
and able to respond to
the opportunities and
challenges we face.
At our executive and senior management level
20% are women, a proportion which we are
aiming to increase.
We continue to engage in the wider
governance debate and consultation exercises
that have taken place during the year. We have
responded to the Department of Business,
Innovation and Skills on the future of narrative
reporting and executive pay disclosures as
well as participating in a Financial Reporting
Lab project issued by the Financial Reporting
Council.
Sir Michael Rake
Chairman
9 May 2013
Sir Michael Rake
Chairman
Our governance structure
The Board has ultimate responsibility for the management of the group, and has structured its committees as set out below.
BT Group plc Board
Audit & Risk
Committee
Remuneration
Committee
Nominating &
Governance
Committee
Committee for
Sustainable
and
Responsible
Business
BT Pensions
Committee
Read the report
on page 71 Read the report
on page 77
Read the report
on page 73 Read the report
on page 75 Read the report
on page 76
Operating
Committee
Read more on page 30 Read the report at
www.bt.com/eab
Equality of
Access Board
The
Equality of Access Board
(EAB) monitors, reports and advises BT on its compliance with the Undertakings given by BT to Ofcom
(the Undertakings). The EAB reports regularly to the Board and publishes an annual report to Ofcom. You can find full details of the
committee members and its remit in the EAB report at www.bt.com/eab.