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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Sir Christopher Bland Chairmand,e,f |
Sir Christopher Bland was appointed to the Board as Chairman on 1 May 2001. He chairs the Nominating and Community Support committees.
He was chairman of the BBC Board of Governors from 1 April 1996 until 30 September 2001. From 1972 to 1979, Sir Christopher was deputy chairman of the Independent Broadcasting Authority and chairman of its Complaints Review Board. In 1982, he became a non-executive director of LWT
Holdings and was chairman from 1983 to 1994, when LWT was acquired by Granada Group. From December 1994 to May 2000, he was chairman of NFC. From 1977 to 1985, he was chairman of Sir Joseph Causton & Sons.
Sir Christopher, who was chairman of the Hammersmith and Queen Charlotte’s Hospitals Special Health Authority from 1982 to 1994 and of Hammersmith Hospital’s NHS Trust from 1994 to February 1997, was knighted for his work in the NHS in 1993. He was chairman of the Private Finance
Panel from 1995 to 1996 and a member of the Prime Minister’s Advisory Panel on the Citizen’s Charter. He is a Senior Adviser at Warburg Pincus and chairman of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Aged 67.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
Ben Verwaayen Chief Executivea |
Ben Verwaayen was appointed to the Board on 14 January 2002 and became Chief Executive on 1 February 2002. He chairs the Operating Committee.
Ben was formerly vice chairman of the management board of Lucent Technologies in the USA from October 1999. He joined Lucent in September 1997 as executive vice president international and became chief operating officer the following month. Prior to joining Lucent, Ben worked for KPN in the
Netherlands for nine years as president and managing director of its telecoms subsidiary, PTT Telecom. From 1975 to 1988, he worked for ITT in Europe. He was created an Officer of the Order of Orange–Nassau in April 2006. He is a non-executive director of UPS. A Dutch national, he is aged 54.
Andy Green Chief Executive, BT Global Servicesa |
Andy Green was appointed to the Board on 19 November 2001. He was appointed as Chief Executive of BT Global Services in October 2001. Since joining BT in 1986, he has held a number of positions, including Chief Executive of BT Openworld and Group Director of Strategy and Development. Andy was a
member of the former Executive Committee from February 1995. He is a board member of e-skills UK and a non-executive director of NAVTEQ Corporation (a US corporation). Aged 50.
Hanif Lalani Group Finance Directora,f |
Hanif Lalani was appointed to the Board on 7 February 2005 as Group Finance Director. He was formerly Chief Financial Officer for BT Wholesale. Since joining BT in 1983 he has held a number of positions, including Chief Executive of BT Northern Ireland and Managing Director BT Regions. Hanif was also
chairman of OCEAN Communications (BT’s subsidiary in the Republic of Ireland). He was awarded the OBE in January 2003 for services to business in Northern Ireland. He is a Chartered Management Accountant. Aged 44.
Ian Livingston Chief Executive, BT Retaila |
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 director of Freeserve from its inception. He is a Chartered Accountant and also a non-executive director of Ladbrokes. Aged 41.
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 49.
NON-EXECUTIVE
DIRECTORS
Sir Anthony Greener Deputy Chairmanb,c,d |
Sir Anthony Greener was appointed to the Board on 1 October 2000. He was appointed Joint Deputy Chairman and chairman of the Audit Committee on 1 January 2001. He is the senior independent director. He became Deputy Chairman and chairman of the Remuneration Committee on 18 July 2001.
Sir Anthony is chairman of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority. He was formerly chairman of Diageo. Prior to the merger of Guinness and Grand Metropolitan, he was chairman and chief executive of Guinness, having been chief executive of Guinness since 1992. A member of the board of United
Learning Trust. Aged 65.
Matti Alahuhta was appointed to the Board on 1 February 2006. He has been president of Kone Corporation since January 2005 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 then 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 53.
Maarten van den Berghb,c,d,f |
Maarten van den Bergh was appointed to the Board on 1 September 2000. He chairs the Pension Scheme Performance Review Group. 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 64.
Clay Brendish was appointed to the Board on 1 September 2002. He is non-executive director and external chairman of the Meteorological Office Board, 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 59.
Phil Hodkinson was appointed to the Board on 1 February 2006. He is group finance director of HBOS and chairman of Insight Investment. A Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries, he was formerly chairman of 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 48.
The Rt Hon Baroness Jay of Paddington PCc,e |
Baroness (Margaret) Jay was appointed to the Board on 14 January 2002. She was formerly Lord Privy Seal, Leader of the House of Lords and Minister for Women. Previously, she was Minister of State at the Department of Health.
Baroness Jay has held non-executive positions with Scottish Power, Carlton Television and LBC. She has been a member of the Central Research and Development Committee for the NHS, was a founding director of the National AIDS Trust and a governor of South Bank University. She is currently
chairman of the Overseas Development Institute and a non-executive director of Independent News & Media and a member of its International Advisory Board. Aged 66.
John Nelson was appointed to the Board on 14 January 2002. A Chartered Accountant, he retired as chairman of Credit Suisse First Boston Europe (CSFB) on 31 January 2002. He was a member of the executive board and chairman of the European executive committee of CSFB.
Prior to joining CSFB in January 1999, John spent 13 years with Lazard Brothers. He was appointed vice chairman of Lazard Brothers in 1990. He was also a chairman of Lazard S.p.A. in Italy and a managing director of Lazard Freres, New York.
He was a non-executive director of Woolwich until it was taken over by Barclays Bank in 2000. He is chairman of Hammerson, deputy chairman of Kingfisher and a senior advisor to Charterhouse Capital Partners. Aged 58.
Carl Symon was appointed to the Board on 14 January 2002, and was appointed chairman of the Equality of Access Board when it became operational on 1 November 2005. He retired from IBM in May 2001 after a 32-year career, during which he held senior executive positions in the USA, Canada, Latin
America, Asia and Europe, including chairman and chief executive officer of IBM UK.
Carl is chairman of HMV Group and a number of private companies and a non-executive director of Rolls-Royce and Rexam. A US national, he is aged 60.
OPERATING COMMITTEE
Ben Verwaayen Chief Executive |
Andy Green Chief Executive, BT Global Services |
Hanif Lalani Group Finance Director |
Ian Livingston Chief Executive, BT Retail |
Dr Paul Reynolds Chief Executive, BT Wholesale |
COMPANY SECRETARY
Larry Stone, formerly Corporate Governance Director from 1 June 2000, was appointed Company Secretary on 27 March 2002. He previously held external relations and regulatory roles with BT in Tokyo and Brussels and with BT Cellnet (now O2). He is a trustee of the BT Pension Scheme, a member of the
ifsProShare faculty and a member of the Primary Markets Group of the London Stock Exchange. Aged 48.
Key to membership of all Board committees:
| aOperating |
| bAudit |
| cRemuneration |
| dNominating |
| eCommunity Support |
| fPension Scheme Performance
Review Group |
| gEquality of Access Board |
All the non-executive directors are
considered independent of the management of the company.
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