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Board of Directors and Executive Committee
managing Coca-Cola’s businesses in various parts of the world.
He has served on the boards of the publicly-quoted Coca-Cola
Enterprises US and Coca-Cola Amatil Australia, and is a
member of the council of the World Economic Forum. He is an
Irish national. Aged 57.
June de Moller (c) (e)
June de Moller was appointed to the Board on 1 September
1999. A former director of Carlton Communications, she became
Carlton’s managing director in 1993, stepping down from that
position in January 1999. June de Moller is also a non-executive
director of Cookson Group, Lynx Group and J Sainsbury.
Aged 53.
Maarten van den Bergh (b) (c) (e)
MaartenvandenBerghwasappointedtotheBoardon
1 September 2000. Prior to his retirement in February 2000, he
was president of 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. Maarten van den
Bergh is chairman of Lloyds TSB Group and a non-executive
director of Shell Petroleum Company. He is a Dutch national.
Aged 59.
Sir John Weston (b) (e) (f)
Sir John Weston joined the Board on 1 October 1998. He retired
as Britain’s Ambassador to the United Nations in New York in
July 1998. Sir John was formerly British Ambassador to NATO.
He is also a non-executive director of Hakluyt & Co and Rolls-
Royce, and honorary president of the UK-wide Community
Foundation Network. Aged 63.
Key to membership of principal Board committees:
(a) Executive
(b) Audit
(c) Remuneration
(d) Nominating
(e) Pensions
(f) Community Support
All of the non-executive directors are considered
independent of the management of the company.
Executive Committee
Sir Peter Bonfield Chief Executive
Sir Peter Bon¢eld has been Chief Executive of BT, and
chairman of the Executive Committee, since January 1996. See
page 49 for biographical details.
Geoff Almeida, Chief Executive, BT Business Services
Geo¡ Almeida joined BT in 1991 and was appointed to the
Executive Committee on 1 April 2001. He is Chief Executive
O⁄cer of BT Business Services, which was created in October
2000 to manage the delivery of infrastructure services to the
group, achieving economies of scale and freeing up BT’s
businesses to concentrate on their core activities. Aged 49.
Pierre Danon Chief Executive, BT Retail
Pierre Danon joined BT and was appointed to the Executive
Committee on 4 October 2000. As Chief Executive O⁄cer of
BT Retail, he has responsibility for developing and executing
BT’s retail strategy and maximising revenues, cash £ow,
pro¢tability and customer satisfaction from the business’ 21
million UK-based, residential and business customers. Aged 45.
Chris Earnshaw Group Engineering Director and
Chief Technology Officer
Chris Earnshaw joined BT from the company’s predecessor
corporation, having joined the Post O⁄ce in 1972. He was
appointed to the Executive Committee in March 1995. As Group
Engineering Director and Chief Technology O⁄cer, his role is
to ensure BT capitalises on the revolution in communication
and information technologies. He provides leadership across the
BTgroupinallmattersconcernedwithengineeringand
technology. Aged 47.
Peter Erskine Chief Executive, BT Wireless
Peter Erskine joined BT in 1993 and was appointed to the
Executive Committee in January 1997. As Chief Executive O⁄cer
of BT Wireless, he has responsibility for the development of all
BT’s global mobile services and direct in-country operations, as
well as for BT’s move into broadband mobile networks through
the introduction of GPRS and 3G services globally. Aged 49.
Pat Gallagher Group Director, Strategy and Development
Pat Gallagher joined BT in 1985 as Commercial Advisor to the
UK business and later became Commercial Director. In 1996, he
was appointed President of BT Europe, leading BT’s expansion
into Europe. He was appointed to the Executive Committee in
July 2000 as Group Director of Strategy and Development.
Aged 46.
50 BT Annual report and Form 20-F