Patricia joined BT as a non-executive director on 24 March 2008. She is Labour MP for Leicester West, was Secretary of State for Health from 2005-2007 and Secretary of State for Trade & Industry from 2001-2005 (and Minister of State for Trade & Industry from 1999-2001).
Prior to her Parliamentary career, Patricia was director of research at Andersen Consulting [now Accenture] (1994-1997) and Deputy Director of the Institute for Public Policy Research, which she helped found, from 1989-1994. Prior to that, she held policy coordination and press officer roles for Rt Hon Neil Kinnock MP.
Aged 59, Patricia is married with two children.
