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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
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Rod Kent - Chairman
Appointed: 1 January 2008. Rod is also Chairman of Grosvenor Limited, a Non-Executive Director of Grosvenor Group Limited, and a Governor of Wellcome Trust. He was Senior Independent Director of Whitbread Plc from 2002 to 2008 and Chairman of Bradford & Bingley Plc from 2003 to 2008. He was Managing Director of Close Brothers Plc from 1975 to 2002, when he became a Non-Executive Director and more recently Chairman until 2008. |
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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. He is deputy chair of the BT Pension Scheme and is also Chairman of the P&O Pension Scheme.
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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 UNITE (formerly the National Federation of Post Office & BT Pensioners). He is also a member of The Pensions Regulator’s Investment Governance Group whose aim is to promote best practice in investment-related governance by occupational pension schemes. |
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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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Beryl Shepherd
Appointed 1st June 2009. Beryl Shepherd has been employed by BT since 1978 and is currently a member of the National Executive Committee of the Communication Workers Union. A position that she has held since 2002. Beryl is a Trustee of the National Communications Union Staff Superannuation Scheme (NCUSSS) and also a Trustee of the CWU. She is an active member of BTPS and a member of UNITE (formerly the National Federation of Post Office and BT Pensioners)’. |
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John Wroe
Appointed: 1 July 2007. John Wroe is Director - Group Treasury, Tax and Risk Management of BT Group, responsible for BT’s tax, treasury, and risk management 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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Paul Spencer CBE
Appointed: 1 September 2009. Paul is a Non-Executive Chairman of State Street Managed Pension Funds. He is also a Non-Executive Director of WPP Group plc, NipponKoa Europe Insurance Limited and TR Property Investment Trust PLC. He also acts as Chair of the Investment Committee and Independent Trustee for BAT plc Pension Fund and,for Rolls-Royce plc Pension Fund Independent Trustee, as Chair of Trustees and of Investment Committee. He was associate director and treasurer of Hanson plc from 1986 to 1996 and Group Finance Director and subsequently Chief Executive UK of Royal and Sun Alliance plc from 1996 to 2002. He is a past President of the Association of Corporate Treasurers. Appointed CBE in 2010 New Year’s Honours ‘for services to financial services’. |
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| The Chairman is appointed by BT with the agreement of the BT Trade Unions. Messrs Barford, Parker, Wroe and Spencer are Employer Nominated Trustee Directors. Messrs MacDonald, Marchant, McClory and Mrs Beryl Shepherd are Member Nominated Trustee Directors. |
