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Board of directors and Operating Committee
officer of Lockheed Martin Corporation and previously
executive vice president of General Motors.
Louis Hughes is a non-executive director
of AB Electrolux (Sweden) and Sulzer AG and ABB
Limited (both Switzerland). From 1993 to 2000, he was
a member of the supervisory board of Deutsche Bank.
AUSnational, he is aged 54.
The Rt Hon Baroness Jay of Paddington PC
c,e
Baroness (Margaret) Jay was appointed to the Board
on 14 January 2002. She was formerly Lord Privy Seal,
Leader of the House of Lords and Minister for Women.
Previously, she was Minister of State at the Department
of Health.
Baroness Jay is a non-executive director
of Independent News & Media UK and has held non-
executive positions with Scottish Power, Carlton
Television and LBC. Currently chairman of the Overseas
Development Institute, 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 Office Council.
Aged 63.
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 13 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 until
it was taken over by Barclays Bank in 2000. In January
2002, he was appointed deputy chairman of Kingfisher.
Aged 55.
Carl G Symon
b,c
Carl Symon was appointed to the Board on 14 January
2002. He is managing director, global business
development, 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 officer of
IBM UK.
Carl Symon is chairman of a number of private
companies, a non-executive director of Rolls-Royce,
and vice-chairman of Cross Atlantic Capital Partners.
AUSnational, he is aged 57.
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.Heischairman of Lloyds
TSB Group and a non-executive director of Royal Dutch
Petroleum Company and British Airways.
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 61.
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 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 Global Services
Dr Paul Reynolds Chief Executive, BT Wholesale
See page 50 for biographical details.
Alison Ritchie Chief Broadband Officer
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.
Alison Ritchie was appointed Chief Broadband
Officer in November 2002 and she directs BT’s policy
on broadband developments across the whole of BT
ensuring a co-ordinated approach to the delivery of
high quality broadband services to residential and
business customers. Alison Ritchie was formerly Chief
Executive, BT Openworld. Before joining BT Openworld,
she was BT’s Restructuring Project Director,
co-ordinating the project teams working on
the financial, organisational and managerial
restructuring of BT. She is a member of the board
of the British Quality Foundation. Aged 42.
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 O
2
UK). He is a
trustee of the BT Pension Scheme and a member of the
executive committee of the British Quality Foundation.
Aged 45.
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