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22 The Strategic Report
Delivering our strategy
Operating Committee
Gavin Pattersona
Chief Executive
Appointed Chief Executive in September 2013. Gavin was formerly CEO,
BT Retail and prior to that Managing Director, BT Consumer, BT Retail.
Tony Chanmugama
Group Finance Director
Appointed Group Finance Director in December 2008. Tony was formerly
CFO, BT Retail and Managing Director, BT Enterprises.
Luis Alvarez
CEO, BT Global Services
Appointed CEO, BT Global Services in October 2012. uis was formerly
president of the Europe, Middle East, Africa and atin America
operations of BT Global Services. Before joining BT, uis worked at
Ericsson, IBM and Group Santander.
Clare Chapman
Group People Director
Appointed Group eople Director in October 2011. Before joining BT,
Clare was director general of workforce for the S and Social Care at
the Department of ealth. Clare was also previously group personnel
director at Tesco.
John Petter
CEO, BT Consumer
Appointed CEO, BT Consumer in September 2013. ohn was formerly
Managing Director, BT Consumer, BT Retail and prior to that Chief
Operating Ocer in BT Consumer. Before joining BT, ohn held roles as
marketing and commercial director at Telewest (now irgin Media) and
brand manager at rocter  Gamble. a Directors of BT *roup plc. <ou will Ƭnd their full biographies on pages 78 and 7.
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Clive Selley
CEO, BT Technology, Service & Operations and Group CIO
Appointed CEO, BT Technology, Service  Operations in anuary 2013.
Clive was formerly CEO, BT Innovate  Design and prior to that resident
of ortfolio  Service Design. Clive joined BT in 1986 and has held
positions in most of BTs lines of business.
Nigel Stagg
CEO, BT Wholesale
Appointed CEO, BT Wholesale in September 2011. igel was formerly
Managing Director, BT Business, BT Retail and prior to that Managing
Director, Customer Service, BT Retail. igel joined BT in 1979 and has
held a wide range of roles including CEO, BT Conferencing.
Graham Sutherland
CEO, BT Business
Appointed CEO, BT Business in September 2013. Graham was formerly
Managing Director, BT Business, BT Retail and prior to that CEO of BT
Ireland. Before joining BT, Graham held a number of senior management
positions including managing director of T in the Republic of Ireland.
Joe Garner – Invitee
CEO, Openreach
Appointed CEO, Openreach in February 2014. Before joining BT,
oe was head of the UK bank at SBC. oe has extensive experience
in customer service and programme delivery. The CEO of Openreach
cannot be a member of the
Operating Committee under the
provisions of the Undertakings.b
The
Operating Committee is responsible for running our business and
delivering our strategy. It monitors the groups nancial, operational and
customer service performance and has cross-business oversight of the
lines of business. It also reviews the groups key risks and considers the
potential threats to and opportunities for the business.
The
Operating Committee  develops BTs strategy and budgets for
the Boards approval recommends to the Board capital expenditure
and investment budgets allocates resources across BT within plans
agreed bythe Board prepares and delivers major programmes
and reviews the senior talent base and succession arrangements.
The
Operating Committee can approve, up to certain limits which
are set by the Board, capitalexpenditure, disposals of xed assets,
investments and divestments. It can, and has, delegated some of
these approvals to sub-committees, such as the Design Council,
andto senior executives. TheCompany Secretary attends all meetings
ofthe
OperatingCommittee .
The key management committee is the Operating Committee , which meets weekly and is
chaired by the Chief Executive. Brief details of its members are set out below.
Invitee