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60
REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND OPERATING COMMITTEE
Chairman
Sir Michael Rake
Chairman d,e,f
Sir Michael was appointed to the Board as Chairman on
26 September 2007. He also chairs the
Nominating & Governance
Committee
and the
Committee for Sustainable & Responsible
Business
and is a member of the
Pension Scheme Performance
Review Group
. He was formerly chairman of KPMG International
from 2002 to 2007, and previously held other roles in KPMG from
1972.
He is chairman of easyJet, a non-executive director of Barclays,
where he chairs the audit committee, McGraw Hill and the Financial
Reporting Council. Sir Michael’s other appointments include vice-
president of the RNIB, membership of the board of the
TransAtlantic Business Dialogue, the CBI International Advisory
Board and the National Security Forum. A Chartered Accountant,
he was knighted in 2007 for his services to the accountancy
profession. Aged 63.
Executive directors
Ian Livingston
Chief Executive a,f
Ian Livingston was appointed as Chief Executive on 1 June 2008.
He chairs the
Operating Committee
and is a member of the
Pension
Scheme Performance Review Group
. He was formerly Chief
Executive of BT Retail from 7 February 2005 and Group Finance
Director from April 2002. Before 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 is a non-executive
director of Celtic and chairman of the audit committee. He is a
Chartered Accountant. Aged 46.
Tony Chanmugam
Group Finance Director a
Tony Chanmugam was appointed to the Board on 1 December
2008 as Group Finance Director and is a member of the
Operating
Committee
. He was formerly Chief Financial Officer of BT Retail and
Managing Director of BT Enterprises and, from 1997 to 2004, he
was Chief Financial Officer and then Chief Operating Officer of BT
Global Solutions. Tony was appointed a non-executive director and
chairman of the audit committee of Barnet and Chase Farm
Hospital Trust in April 2010. He is a Chartered Management
Accountant. Aged 57.
Gavin Patterson
Chief Executive, BT Retail a,e
Gavin Patterson was appointed to the Board on 1 June 2008 as
Chief Executive BT Retail and is a member of the
Operating
Committee
. He is also a member of the
Committee for Sustainable
& Responsible Business
. He was formerly Managing Director,
Consumer Division, BT Retail. He is a non-executive director of
British Airways. Before joining BT, he was managing director of the
consumer division of Telewest. Aged 43.
Company Secretary
Andrew Parker
Andrew Parker, formerly General Counsel, BT Retail from 2004, was
appointed Company Secretary on 1 April 2008. A solicitor, he has
worked for BT since 1988 in a number of legal, regulatory and
compliance roles. He is an employer-nominated trustee director of
the BT Pension Scheme. Andrew previously worked in the City in
legal private practice. Aged 51.
Operating Committee
Ian Livingston, Chief Executive
Tony Chanmugam, Group Finance Director
Sally Davis, Chief Executive, BT Wholesale
Jeff Kelly, Chief Executive, BT Global Services
Roel Louwhoff, Chief Executive, BT Operate
Gavin Patterson, Chief Executive, BT Retail
Clive Selley, Chief Executive, BT Innovate & Design
Key to membership of Board committees:
aOperating
bAudit & Risk
cRemuneration
dNominating & Governance
eSustainable & Responsible Business
f Pension Scheme Performance Review Group
gEquality of Access Board
Sir Michael Rake
Chairman
Ian Livingston
Chief Executive
Tony BallGavin Patterson
Chief Executive
BT Retail
Tony Chanmugam
Group Finance
Director
Andrew Parker
Company
Secretary
Clayton Brendish
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