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Lord
Marshall of Knightsbridge
Joint Deputy Chairman
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Lord Marshall joined
the Board in 1995 and became Deputy Chairman
in 1996. Since January 2001, he has been
Joint Deputy Chairman. Lord Marshall will
retire from the Board at the end of the
2001 AGM. Aged 67. Other
appointments: chairman
of British Airways and Invensys; non-executive
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Sir
Anthony Greener
Joint Deputy Chairman
B* C D
Sir Anthony Greener
joined the Board on 1 October 2000 and became
Joint Deputy Chairman in January 2001. He
was formerly chairman of Diageo. Prior to
the merger of Guinness and Grand Metropolitan,
he was chairman and chief executive of Guinness. Sir
Anthony is due to become sole Deputy Chairman
from the date of the 2001 AGM. Aged 60.
Other appointments:
non-executive director of Robert Mondavi
Corporation; vice president of The Marketing
Council; chairman of University for Industry.
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Helen
Alexander B D
Helen Alexander joined
the Board in June 1998. Aged 44. Other
appointments:
chief executive of The Economist Group;
non-executive director of Northern Foods;
a member of the ethics committee of the
University College London Hospitals. |
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Dr
Iain Anderson B C D E*
Dr Anderson was appointed
to the Board in 1995 and is chairman of
the BT Scotland Board. He was strategy and
technology director of Unilever until he
retired in 1998. Aged 62. Other
appointments:
chairman of Intense Photonics; non-executive
director of Scottish & Newcastle; director
of Scottish Science Trust. |
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Louis
R Hughes B
Louis Hughes, a US
national, joined the Board on 1 January
2000. He was formerly president and chief
operating officer of Lockheed Martin Corporation
and previously executive vice president
of General Motors. Aged 52. Other
appointments:
non-executive director of AB Electrolux,
Maxager Technology Inc and Sulzer AG |
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Neville
Isdell B C D
Neville Isdell, an
Irish national, joined the Board in July
1998. He is vice-chairman and chief executive
of Coca-Cola HBC. Aged 57. Other
appointments:
Member of the council of the World Economic
Forum. |
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June
de Moller C E
June de Moller joined
the Board in September 1999. A former director
of Carlton Communications, she became Carlton’s
managing director in 1993, stepping down
from that position in January 1999. Aged
53. Other
appointments:
non-executive director of Cookson Group,
Lynx Group and J Sainsbury. |
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Maarten
van den Bergh B C E
Maarten van den Bergh,
a Dutch national, joined the Board on 1
September 2000. Prior to his retirement
in February 2000, he was president of Royal
Dutch Petroleum Company and vice chairman
of its Committee of Managing Directors,
having been appointed a managing director
of Royal Dutch Shell Group in 1992. Aged
59. Other
appointments:
chairman of Lloyds TSB Group; non-executive
director of Shell Petroleum Company. |
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Sir
John Weston B E F
Sir John Weston joined
the Board in October 1998. He retired as
Britain’s Ambassador to the United Nations
in July 1998. Sir John was formerly British
Ambassador to NATO. Aged 63. Other
appointments:
non-executive director of Hakluyt &
Co and Rolls-Royce; honorary president of
the UK-wide Community Foundation Network. |
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Colin
R Green Company
Secretary A
Colin Green, a solicitor,
has been Secretary of BT since 1994 and
was appointed Group Commercial Director
and Secretary in April 1999. Colin Green
is a trustee of the BT Pension Scheme. Aged
52. |
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Key
to membership of principal Board committees
A Executive
B Audit C Remuneration D Nominating
E Pensions F Community Support * Chairs
committee |
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Directors
In addition to
the directors shown here, Robert Brace and
Keith Oates served on the Board until their
retirement as directors on 31 December 2000,
as did Bill Cockburn and Sir Iain Vallance
until their retirement on 31 March 2001
and 1 May 2001, respectively. Following
his retirement from the Board, Sir Iain
remains with BT as President Emeritus. All
of the non-executive directors are considered
independent of the management of the company.
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