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Ian Livingston
Chief Executive, BT Retaila
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Ian Livingston was appointed as Chief Executive of BT Retail on
7 February 2005. He was formerly Group Finance Director from
April 2002. Prior to joining BT, he was group finance director
of Dixons Group from 1997. He joined Dixons in 1991 after
working for 3i Group and Bank of America International. His
experience at Dixons spanned a number of operational and
financial roles, both in the UK and overseas. He was also a
non-executive director of Ladbrokes (formerly Hilton Group),
and a director of Freeserve from its inception. He is a Chartered
Accountant. Aged 42.
Dr Paul Reynolds
Chief Executive, BT Wholesalea
................................................................................................................................................
Paul Reynolds was appointed to the Board on 19 November
2001. In April 2000, he was appointed as Chief Executive of BT
Wholesale. He joined BT in 1983, and has held a number of
roles including Director of the Office of the Chairman, Director
of Multimedia and, from 1999, Managing Director of Networks
and Information Services. He is a non-executive director of
E-Access (a Japanese corporation). Aged 50.
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Non-Executive directors
Maarten van den Bergh
Deputy Chairmanb,c,d,f
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Maarten van den Bergh was appointed to the Board on
1 September 2000. He was appointed Deputy Chairman on
1 October 2006. He chairs the Remuneration Committee and the
Pension Scheme Performance Review Group. He is the senior
independent director. He is chairman of Akzo Nobel Supervisory
Board and a non-executive director of British Airways and Royal
Dutch Shell, and former chairman of Lloyds TSB Group.
Prior to his retirement in July 2000, Maarten 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 65.
Matti Alahuhtac
................................................................................................................................................
Matti Alahuhta was appointed to the Board on 1 February 2006.
He has been president of Kone Corporation since 2005,
president and CEO since 2006 and a director since 2003. He
was formerly at Nokia Corporation for more than 20 years,
where his most recent roles were executive vice president and
chief strategy officer, president mobile phones and president
telecommunications.
Matti is foundation board chairman of the International
Institute for Management Development (IMD) and chairman
of Technology Industries of Finland Centennial Foundation.
A Finnish national, he is aged 54.
Clayton Brendishb,e
................................................................................................................................................
Clay Brendish was appointed to the Board on 1 September
2002. He is non-executive chairman of Anite, Close Beacon
Investment Fund and Echo Research Limited and a
non-executive director of Herald Investment Trust. He is also a
trustee of Economist Newspapers and the Foundation for Liver
Research. Prior to his retirement in May 2001, Clay was
executive deputy chairman of CMG having joined the board
when it acquired Admiral. Clay was co-founder and executive
chairman of Admiral, incorporated in 1979. He also acted as an
adviser to the Government on the efficiency of the Civil Service.
Aged 60.
Phil Hodkinsonb,d,e
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Phil Hodkinson was appointed to the Board on 1 February 2006.
He was appointed chairman of the Audit Committee on 1 October
2006. He is group finance director of HBOS. A Fellow of the
Institute of Actuaries, he was formerly chairman of Insight
Investment, Clerical Medical Investment Group and Halifax
Financial Services, and previously chief executive of Zurich Life
and Eagle Star Life.
Phil is a non-executive director of Business in the Community
and chairman of the HBOS Foundation. Aged 49.
Report of the Directors Corporate governance
50 BT Group plc Annual Report & Form 20-F