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Board of directors and Operating Committee
she has been a member of the Central Research and
Development Committee for the NHS, was a founding
director of the National AIDS trust, a governor of South
Bank University and a member of the Meteorological Of®ce
Council. Aged 62.
John Nelson
b,d,f
John Nelson was appointed to the Board on 14 January
2002. A Chartered Accountant, he retired as chairman of
Credit Suisse First Boston Europe (CSFB) on 31 January
2002. He was a member of the executive board and
chairman of the European executive committee of CSFB.
Prior to joining CSFB in January 1999, John Nelson
spent thirteen years with Lazard Brothers. He was
appointed vice chairman of Lazard Brothers in 1990. He
was also a chairman of Lazard S.p.A. in Italy and a
managing director of Lazard Freres, New York.
He was a non-executive director of Woolwich plc until it
was taken over by Barclays Bank in 2000. In January 2002,
he was appointed deputy chairman of King®sher. Aged 54.
Carl G Symon
b,c
Carl Symon was appointed to the Board on 14 January
2002. He is managing director, global business
development, for DiamondCluster International Inc. (USA).
He retired from IBM in May 2001 after a 32-year career,
during which he held senior executive positions in the USA,
Canada, Latin America, Asia and Europe, including
chairman and chief executive of®cer of IBM UK.
Carl Symon is chairman of MetaPack, Riversoft and
Worldmark International, a non-executive director of
Rolls-Royce, and a member of the advisory board of Cross
Atlantic Capital Partners. A US national, he is aged 56.
Maarten van den Bergh
b,c,d,f
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 Lloyds TSB
Group and a non-executive director of Royal Dutch
Petroleum Company.
Prior to his retirement in July 2000, Maarten van den
Bergh 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 60.
Key to membership of principal Board committees:
a
Operating
b
Audit
c
Remuneration
d
Nominating
e
Community Support
f
Pension Scheme Performance Review Group
All of the non-executive directors are considered independent of the
management of the company
Operating Committee
Ben Verwaayen Chief Executive
Ian Livingston Group Finance Director
Pierre Danon Chief Executive, BT Retail
Andy Green Chief Executive, BT Ignite
Dr Paul Reynolds Chief Executive, BT Wholesale
See page 48 for biographical details.
Alison Ritchie Chief Executive, BTopenworld
Alison Ritchie joined BT from the company's predecessor
corporation, which she joined in 1981. She was appointed a
member of the former Executive Committee in December
2000.
As Chief Executive of BTopenworld, Alison Ritchie has
responsibility for all BT's mass-market internet activities,
including BTinternet, BTopenworld broadband and BT's
ISPs in other markets. Before joining BTopenworld, she was
BT's Restructuring Project Director, co-ordinating the
project teams working on the ®nancial, organisational and
managerial restructuring of BT. Aged 41.
Company Secretary
Larry Stone
Larry Stone, formerly Corporate Governance Director from
1 June 2000, was appointed Company Secretary on
27 March 2002. He previously held external relations and
regulatory roles with BT in Tokyo and Brussels and with
BT Cellnet (now O2 UK). He is a trustee of the BT Pension
Scheme and a member of the executive committee of the
British Quality Foundation. Aged 44.
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