13th Mar 2008 09:00
BT Group PLC13 March 2008 DC08-093 March 13, 2008 BOARD CHANGES AT BT BT today announced that Eric Daniels, group chief executive of LloydsTSB Groupplc, and the Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt MP, will join the BT Board as non-executivedirectors with effect from 1 April 2008 and 24 March 2008 respectively. Sir Mike Rake, Chairman of BT, said: "I am delighted to welcome Eric andPatricia to the Board. Eric brings very strong global business experience to theBoard, particularly on financial and consumer matters. Patricia brings deepexperience of government affairs, politics and public policy, and has held UKcabinet posts for both health and trade & industry." Notes to Editors J Eric Daniels Eric Daniels joined the LloydsTSB board in 2001 as Group Executive Director, UKRetail Banking before his appointment as Group Chief Executive in June 2003. From 2000-1 Eric was chairman and chief executive of Zona Financiera, a leadingLatin American financial portal. Before that, Eric joined Citibank in 1975 andhad a twenty five year career, spending time on assignments in Panama, Europe(as head of the Consumer Bank between 1996-1997), Latin America and the USA. In1998, he was appointed COO of the Consumer Bank globally. Following the Citibank/Travelers merger in 1998, he was Chairman and CEO of Travelers Life and Annuityuntil 2000. Aged 56, he is married with one child. Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt MP Patricia Hewitt is Labour MP for Leicester West. She was Secretary of State forHealth from 2005-7 and Secretary of State for Trade & Industry from 2001-5 (andMinister of State for Trade & Industry from 1999-2001). Prior to her Parliamentary career, Patricia was director of research at AndersenConsulting (now Accenture) (1994-7) and Deputy Director of the Institute forPublic Policy Research, which she helped found, from 1989-94. Prior to that, sheheld policy coordination and press officer roles for Rt Non Neil Kinnock MP.Aged 59, Patricia is married with two children. For further information Inquiries about this news release should be made to the BT Group Newsroom on its24-hour number: 020 7356 5369. From outside the UK dial + 44 20 7356 5369. Allnews releases can be accessed at our web site: http://www.btplc.com/News About BT BT is one of the world's leading providers of communications solutions andservices operating in 170 countries. Its principal activities include theprovision of local, national and international telecommunications services toour customers for use at home, at work and on the move; higher-value broadbandand internet products and services and converged fixed/mobile products andservices. BT consists principally of four lines of business: BT Global Services,Openreach, BT Retail and BT Wholesale. In the year ended 31 March 2007, BT Group plc's revenue was £20,223 million withprofit before taxation of £2,484 million. British Telecommunications plc (BT) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BT Group andencompasses virtually all businesses and assets of the BT Group. BT Group plc islisted on stock exchanges in London and New York. For more information, visit www.bt.com/aboutbt This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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