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26 BT Group plc
Annual Report 2015
Operating Committee
he e anaeent coittee which eets
weel andis chaired b the hief ecutive.
riefdetails of its ebers are set out on
these paes.
he peratin oittee has collective responsibilit for runnin our
business end to end and deliverin our strate. t onitors the roups
financial operational and custoer service perforance and has cross-
business oversiht of the lines of business. t also reviews the roups
e riss and considers the potential threats to and opportunities for
thebusiness.
he
peratin oittee 
 develops s strate and budets for the oards approval
 recoends to the oard capital ependiture and investent
budets
 allocates resources across  within plans areed b the oard
 prepares and delivers aor proraes and
 reviews the senior talent base and succession arraneents.
t can approve up to certain liits which are set b the oard capital
ependiture disposals of fied assets investents and divestents.
t has deleated soe of these approvals to sub-coittees such as
the esin ouncil and to senior eecutives. heopan ecretar
attends all eetins.
lison ilco will oin the business in ul 01 as roup  irector
and an peratin oittee eber followin the departure of
larehapan in arch 01.
Gavin Pattersona
Chief Executive
ppointed as hief ecutive in epteber 01 and on the oard since
une 00.
avin was previousl   etail and fro 00 to 00 was
anain irector  onsuer  etail. efore oinin  avin
was anain director of the consuer division of elewest now irin
edia. rior to that he spent nine ears at rocter  able risin to
becoe uropean aretin director.
Tony Chanmugama
Group Finance Director
ppointed to the oard as roup inance irector in eceber 00.
on was forerl   etail and anain irector  nterprises
and fro 199 to 00 he was  and then hief peratin cer
of  lobal olutions. e ualified as a hartered anaeent
ccountant.
Luis Alvarez
CEO, BT Global Services
ppointed   lobal ervices in ctober 01.
uis was forerl president of the uropean iddle ast frica and
atin erica operations of  lobal ervices servin soe of our
biest lobal custoers. uis also led  lobal ervices eleco
arets unit anain business with carriers and operators outside
the UK.
efore oinin  uis wored at ricsson  and roup antander.
uis has a telecounications enineerin deree.
John Petter
CEO, BT Consumer
ppointed   onsuer in epteber 01.
ohn was forerl anain irector  onsuer  etail and
prior to that hief peratin cer in  onsuer. ohn was
appointed chairan of the lusnet oard in 00 and has overseen
itsdevelopent as a e part of s strate.
rior to oinin  ohn held roles as aretin and coercial director
at elewest now irin edia and brand anaer at rocter  able.
ohn raduated in odern histor fro ford Universit.
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