BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND OPERATING COMMITTEE 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 advisor at Warburg Pincus and chairman of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Aged 68. 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 and appointed a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur in June 2006. He is a non-executive director of UPS (a US corporation). A Dutch national, he is aged 55.      François Barrault Chief Executive, BT Global Servicesa   François Barrault was appointed to the Board and became Chief Executive, BT Global Services on 24 April 2007. He joined BT in April 2004 as President BT International, BT Global Services. François was formerly president, Lucent Technologies and previously held other roles within Lucent including president and CEO Mobility International, and president and CEO Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Before this, François worked for Ascend Communications where he held the position of senior vice president, EMEA and International until its acquisition by Lucent. He previously held executive positions with IBM, Computervision/Prime and Stratus. He is a non-executive director of eServGlobal (an Australian corporation). A French national, he is aged 46.        Andy Green Chief Executive, Group Strategy and Operationsa   Andy Green was appointed to the Board on 19 November 2001. He was appointed Chief Executive, Group Strategy and Operations on 24 April 2007. Since joining BT in 1986, he has held a number of positions, including Chief Executive of Global Services, 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 ABESU (a charity with the objective of ‘making poverty history’) and a non-executive director of NAVTEQ Corporation (a US corporation). Aged 51.        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 45.        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 non-executive director of Ladbrokes (formerly Hilton Group), and a director of Freeserve from its inception. He is a Chartered Accountant. Aged 42.        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 50. Non-Executive directors      Maarten van den Bergh Deputy Chairmanb,c,d,f   Maarten van den Bergh was appointed to the Board on 1 September 2000. He was appointed Deputy Chairman on 1 October 2006. He chairs the Remuneration Committee and the Pension Scheme Performance Review Group. He is the senior independent director. 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 65.        Matti Alahuhtac   Matti Alahuhta was appointed to the Board on 1 February 2006. He has been president of Kone Corporation since 2005, president and CEO since 2006 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 and 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 54.

		Clayton Brendishb,e

		Phil Hodkinsonb,d,e

		The Rt Hon Baroness Jay of Paddington PCc,e

		Deborah Lathenc

		John Nelsonb,d,f

		Carl G Symonb,c,g

Operating Committee
Ben Verwaayen Chief Executive
François Barrault Chief Executive, BT Global Services
Andy Green Chief Executive, Group Strategy and Operations
Hanif Lalani Group Finance Director
Ian Livingston Chief Executive, BT Retail
Dr Paul Reynolds Chief Executive, BT Wholesale

 

		Larry Stonee

Key to membership of 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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