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| BTPS has a corporate trustee, BT
Pension Scheme Trustees Ltd, and this company has nine Trustee
directors. In addition to the Chairman, there are four BT representatives
and four member representatives on the board. Currently, the
Trustee directors are: |
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Rod Kent - Chairman
Appointed: 1 January 2008. Rod Kent has been Chairman of Bradford
and Bingley since November 2002. He was Managing Director of
Close Brothers for 28 years, during which time he led the management
buy-out in 1979 and took the company public in 1984; he has
been a Non-executive Director of Close Brothers Group plc since
October 2002, and was appointed Chairman in November 2006. He
is also Chairman of Grosvenor Limited, a Non-executive Director
of Grosvenor Group Limited, and a Governor of the Wellcome Trust.
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David Barford
Appointed 1 January 2006. David Barford qualified as an actuary
in 1972 and has worked in the actuarial and human resource
consulting business since 1970. Previously, he was Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer of Mercer Human Resource Consulting
Ltd and a director of the global firm Mercer Inc. |
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Les Cullen
Appointed 1 May 2006. Leslie Cullen has been Finance Director
of a number of well known large companies including Prudential
plc and Inchcape plc. He is a non executive director of Avis
Europe plc and DTZ Holdings plc where he also chairs the Audit
Committees and of F & C Global Smaller Companies plc and
Interserve plc. He is a Trustee of Sustrans Limited, a charity,
and has also been chairman of several private equity backed
companies. He has a degree in economics and an MBA and is
a Fellow of the Association of Certified Accountants and of
the Association of Corporate Treasurers.
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Chris Long
Appointed: 28 April 1995. Chris Long joined the then Post Office
Telephones in 1972, and soon became involved in the Trade Union
UPW (later to become the UCW) being elected to the Executive
Council in 1987. Subsequently National Chairman and Joint President
of the CWU upon the merger of the UCW and NCU. Also a member
of the Employment Tribunal and a BTPS deferred pensioner. |
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Donald MacDonald
Appointed: 1 May 1998. Donald MacDonald retired from the CWU
in 2004. He had been the Union's Telecom Recruitment Officer,
and was formerly President of the Union. A Post Office and BT
telecommunications technician for many years, he previously
served as a Director of BT Quest Ltd (BT Qualifying Employee
Shares Trust) as an employee representative. Donald is a member
of the CWU and of UNITE (formerly the National Federation of
Post Office and BT Pensioners), and Chairman of United Nations
Principles for Responsible Investment. He is a BTPS pensioner. |
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Howard Marchant
Appointed: 1 September 1995.Educated City of Leicester Boys
School and Manchester University (Graduated in Biology). Postgraduate
Management Diploma at Leicester Business School. Howard worked
in Post Office telecomms/BT in various management roles before
becoming Deputy General Secretary of Society of Telecomms Executives
(now Connect) until 1995. He is a BTPS pensioner and a member
of Connect and UNITE (formerly the National Federation of Post
Office & BT Pensioners). |
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Bill McClory
Appointed: 1 September 1997. Billy McClory was employed by Post
Office Telecommunications 1968-78, became a National Officer
of CPSA, then NCU in 1984 and CWU in 1995. Responsible in the
NCU for pension matters in the Post Office and BT, Billy was
the lead officer on pension matters for the BT Unions 1990-97.
He is a member of the Trustees Code of Practice Working Group
and of UNITE (formerly the National Federation of Post Office
& BT Pensioners). |
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Andrew Parker
Appointed 9 April 2008. Andrew Parker became Company Secretary
of BT Group PLC with effect from 1 April 2008. He has previously
held roles as General Counsel of two of BT's operational divisions,
most recently of BT Retail. He has a degree in Law and is a
qualified Solicitor. He is an active member of BTPS. |
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John Wroe
Appointed 1 July 2007. John Wroe is Director Group Financial
Control & Treasury of BT Group, responsible for BT’s
financial reporting, tax, and treasury activities. John has
a degree in economics and is a Chartered Accountant. He joined
BT in 1992, prior to which he worked for Coopers & Lybrand.
He is an active member of BTPS. |
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| The Chairman is appointed by BT with
the agreement of the BT Trade Unions. Messrs Barford, Cullen,
Parker and Wroe have been appointed by BT as company representatives.
Messrs Long, MacDonald, Marchant and McClory were nominated
by the BT Trade Unions as member representatives. |
