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BT is one of the world's leading providers of communications solutions. Whether it's IP, broadband, IT, mobile, local, national or international communications, BT designs, develops and delivers them all, helping its customers thrive in a changing world. BT Group plc is the listed holding company with an annual turnover of over 18 billion and consists of four principle lines of business. Our Group Operationsunit supports each one of these divisions conducting a number of central functions for everyone in BT - this includes the Chief Technology Office, Procurement, Legal, Security, Property and Finance. Firstly, our Retail arm provides a comprehensive range of communications and related services to more than 20m UK consumers and small businesses. We also have a Wholesale division which runs our network and provides network services and solutions to more than 600 fixed and mobile operators and service providers in the UK. Our Openreach division brings together the teams that deliver...

Bt's President
Robin Pauley
Contact Information

2160 E Grand Ave

El Segundo, California 90245-5024

www.btplc.com

NAICS Code Wired Telecommunications Carriers: 517110

Recent Events

  • BT and Cisco Deliver on Cloud Vision With Launch of Pioneering

    12/09/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • BT and Cisco Deliver on Cloud Vision With Launch of Pioneering Hosted Unified Communications Service

    12/09/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • BT and Polycom Announce New Partnership to Accelerate Growth of Unified Conferencing Solutions Worldwide

    11/18/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

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    11/18/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • WeatherBug Joins Forces with Northern Ireland Electricity, BT and UTVNIE Weather Command Centre (Graphic: Business...

    10/28/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • NetApp Powers BT Virtual Data Center

    10/27/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Robin Pauley Bt's President
Francois Barrault Chief Executive of, Bt Global Services
Ian Livingston Chief Executive of, Bt Retail
Paul Reynolds Chief Executive of Bt Wholesale
Hanif Lalani Group Finance Director
David Clarke Public Relations Manager, Bt (Hong Kong) Limited
Ditesh Shah Billing Operations Manager
Henk Mannekens European Regulatory Manager
Joy Fletcher Undertakings Programme Manager
Lynne McPartland Operations Business Repair Manager
Patrick Vo It Project Manager
Steve Plume Product Development Manager
Alison Williams Customer Service Engineer, Business Unit: Openreach
Anthony Burnham Bt Apprentice
Bryan Carsberg
Caroline Persson
Christine Van Der Steur
Clayton Brendish
Colin Bell Technician
Dave Walsh Head of Bt Apprenticeships
Jack Condron Technical Switch Data Apprentice
James Shi Principal Consultant, Technology Strategy, Business Unit: Bt Exact
Jo Osborne Research Business Development Team Leader
John Clarke Apprentice, Technical Switch Data, Business Unit: Wholesale
John Nelson
Joseph Kendrick Apprentice, Technical Office Based, Business Unit: Bt Wholesale
Julian Turner Head of Bt Multimedia Solutions
Katleen Daniels
Matt Lawson Head of Applied Technology Centre, Business Unit: Gcto
Matti Alahuhta
Mike Hughes Head of the Bt Digital Inclusion Campaign
Pamela Donald Customer Service Technician Apprentice
Peter Radley
Rob Van Basten Batenburg Head of Business Sector Programmes
Sinead Brennan Customer Service Engineer, Business Unit: Openreach
Sonny Taank Policy Leader, Employee Relations, Business Unit: Openreach Hr
Stephen Crisp
Steve Bryen Global Customer Assurance Apprentice
Thomas Cremore Technical Switch and Data Apprentice, Business Unit: Bt Wholesale
Tilmann Kupfer
Victoria Nicholson Apprentice, Technical Office Based, Business Unit: Bt Wholesale
Vikki Eccles Head of Complaints Swat Team
Virginie Biliet
William J. Cernius
Zhute McIver-Underwood Business Repair Advisor, Business Unit: Retail
Ian Neild Bt Researcher and Editor of The Timeline

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Maarten van den Bergh Deputy Chairman
Michael Rake Chairman
Phil Hodkinson Chairman of the Audit Committee
Andrew J. Green Board of Directors
Andrew Parker Board of Directors
Carl Symon Board of Directors
Carol Bernstein Board of Directors
Clay Brendish Board of Directors
Larry Stone Board of Directors
N R Narayana Murthy Board of Directors
Narayana Murthy N R N R NARAYANA MURTHY Board of Directors

Organization Position Status
British Telecommunications Plc Bt's President Current
European Affairs President Current

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British Telecommunications Plc Chief Executive of, Bt Global Services Current
British Telecommunications Plc Board of Directors Current

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British Telecommunications Plc Chief Executive of, Bt Retail Current
Celtic plc Board of Directors Current
British Telecommunications Plc Board of Directors Current
Dixons Former
Manchester University BA In Economics Former

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British Telecommunications Plc Chief Executive of Bt Wholesale Current
Xconnect Director Current
University of London PhD Former
Strathclyde University BA Former

Hanif was appointed Group Finance Director in February 2005 and joined both the Board and the Operating Committee. Since joining BT in 1983, he has held a variety of roles in the company's UK and international divisions. In 1998, he went to Northern Ireland and took up the post of finance director BT Northern Ireland and in 1999 he was appointed chief executive of BT Northern Ireland. Hanif was also chairman of OCEAN Communications (BT's subsidiary in the Republic of Ireland) from June 1999 to September 2000. In April 2002, he was appointed managing director BT Regions. In September 2002, Hanif returned to London as chief finance officer for BT Wholesale and in January 2003, he was awarded the OBE for his services to business in Northern Ireland. Hanif holds a BA Honours degree in mathematics, operations research and economics from Essex University. He was born in Uganda and is 45 years old.

Organization Position Status
British Telecommunications Plc Group Finance Director Current
The Asian Women of Achievement Awards Group Finance Director, Bt Group Current
British Telecommunications Plc Board of Directors Current
Ocean Communications Chairman Former

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British Telecommunications Plc Public Relations Manager, Bt (Hong Kong) Limited Current

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British Telecommunications Plc Billing Operations Manager Current

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British Telecommunications Plc European Regulatory Manager Current

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British Telecommunications Plc Undertakings Programme Manager Current

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British Telecommunications Plc Operations Business Repair Manager Current

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British Telecommunications Plc It Project Manager Current

Steve Plume, is currently a Broadband Product Development Manager for British Telecommunications Plc in the Wholesale arm of the business, based in a small village close to the world renowned BT Research Centre at Martlesham Heath, England. Steve has nearly 25 years of experience in a variety of areas within telecommunications. Steve's currently responsible for managing & supporting all in-life ADSL products within the BT Wholesale product portfolio; this captures all areas of DSL from In-Life Product management, procurement, customer delivery solution design, OSS design with responsibility for product areas of the order and repair interfaces. Steve previously to this roll was the head of the network nursery team for the DSL trails in the UK, managing a small team he was required to ensure platform configuration and technology testing, Steve is proud of the fact that he was there on the initial consumer trials in the late 90's and has enjoyed staying with the DSL technology ever since. Prior to this he was wholly into network build and integration and has worked on both fixed access and wireless telephony networks as well as high security networks. George Dobrowski, DSL Forum Board of Directors; Conexant, Director, Technology and Product Planning Keeping a pulse on technology trends and on service provider/operator networking needs, George is involved in technology and product planning at Conexant, multi-vendor interoperability programs, and positions in standards and industry forums. Previously was CTO of a startup called Ficon Technology, acquired by Conexant/GlobeSpan, which developed and licensed ATM and IP software protocol stacks. George's roots go back to Bellcore (now Telcordia) and Bell Labs where he was involved in research and development of advanced communication systems technologies and their application to large scale operator/telco networking.

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British Telecommunications Plc Product Development Manager Current
DSL Forum Board of Directors Current

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British Telecommunications Plc Customer Service Engineer, Business Unit: Openreach Current

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British Telecommunications Plc Bt Apprentice Current

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British Telecommunications Plc Current
Manchester University Professor of Accounting and Business Finance Former

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British Telecommunications Plc Current
College of Europe MA Former
University of Newcastle upon Tyne BA Hons Former

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British Telecommunications Plc Current

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British Telecommunications Plc Current
Anite Inc. Non-Executive Chairman Current

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British Telecommunications Plc Technician Current

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British Telecommunications Plc Head of Bt Apprenticeships Current

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British Telecommunications Plc Technical Switch Data Apprentice Current

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British Telecommunications Plc Principal Consultant, Technology Strategy, Business Unit: Bt Exact Current

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British Telecommunications Plc Research Business Development Team Leader Current

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British Telecommunications Plc Apprentice, Technical Switch Data, Business Unit: Wholesale Current

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English National Opera Senior Advisor Current
British Telecommunications Plc Current
English National Opera Board of Directors Current

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British Telecommunications Plc Apprentice, Technical Office Based, Business Unit: Bt Wholesale Current

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British Telecommunications Plc Head of Bt Multimedia Solutions Current

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British Telecommunications Plc Current
Unicover Corporation Former

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British Telecommunications Plc Head of Applied Technology Centre, Business Unit: Gcto Current

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KONE Corporation President & CEO Current
KONE Corporation Chief Executive Current
British Telecommunications Plc Current
Technology Industries Chairman Current
KONE Corporation Board of Directors Current

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British Telecommunications Plc Head of the Bt Digital Inclusion Campaign Current

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British Telecommunications Plc Customer Service Technician Apprentice Current

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British Telecommunications Plc Current

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British Telecommunications Plc Head of Business Sector Programmes Current

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British Telecommunications Plc Customer Service Engineer, Business Unit: Openreach Current

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British Telecommunications Plc Policy Leader, Employee Relations, Business Unit: Openreach Hr Current

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British Telecommunications Plc Current
University College London Msc Former

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British Telecommunications Plc Global Customer Assurance Apprentice Current

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British Telecommunications Plc Technical Switch and Data Apprentice, Business Unit: Bt Wholesale Current

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British Telecommunications Plc Current
Hill & Knowlton, Inc. Affairs Consultant Former

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British Telecommunications Plc Apprentice, Technical Office Based, Business Unit: Bt Wholesale Current

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British Telecommunications Plc Head of Complaints Swat Team Current

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British Telecommunications Plc Current
Group Communications Corp Office Manager Former

Bill Cernius has practiced law with Latham & Watkins since 1985 and has been a resident attorney in each of the San Diego, Los Angeles, London and Orange County offices of the firm. Mr. Cernius has extensive mergers and acquisitions experience representing both sellers and buyers (both financial and strategic), including the $4.0 billion merger between Kimco Realty Corporation and Pan Pacific Retail Properties, Inc., the $2.9 billion merger between Health Care Property Investors, Inc. and American Health Properties, Inc., the $1.0 billion merger between British Telecommunications plc and Infonet Services Corporation, and the $680.0 million leveraged buy-out acquisition of Irvine Apartment Communities, Inc. by The Irvine Company. In addition, Mr. Cernius has participated in hostile acquisition situations including the defense of ARV Assisted Living, Inc. and the acquisition of JCC Holdings, Inc. He has handled numerous securities-related transactions of virtually all types and sizes, including the $1.2 billion initial public offering for Infonet Services Corporation, the $300.0 million initial public offering for Aames Investment Corporation, the $160.0 million Rule 144A common stock offering for NNN Realty Advisors, Inc., and the $53.0 million initial public offering by Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. and has represented both issuers and investment banks in these transactions. Mr. Cernius has considerable experience in advising private and public companies regarding the intricacies of the US federal and state securities laws and lectures often on related topics including, in particular, initial public offerings. Earlier in his career, Mr. Cernius spent two years as an investment banker with the firm of Morgan, Olmstead, Kennedy & Gardner, Incorporated where he focused on initial public offerings, venture capital financings and middle market mergers and acquisitions. While at Morgan, Olmstead, Mr. Cernius was in charge of the firm's venture capital fund. Mr. Cernius is a member of the Orange County and American Bar Associations.

Organization Position Status
Latham & Watkins Partner, Corporate Department Current
Pan Pacific Retail Properties, Inc. Current
Kimco Realty Corporation Current
British Telecommunications Plc Current
The Irvine Company Inc. Current
Irvine Apartment Communities Incorporated Current
HCP, Inc. Current

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British Telecommunications Plc Business Repair Advisor, Business Unit: Retail Current

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British Telecommunications Plc Bt Researcher and Editor of The Timeline Current

Maarten van den Bergh was appointed to the Board on 1 September 2000 and became deputy chairman on 1 October 2006. He chairs the Remuneration Committee and acts as senior independent director. He also chairs the Pension Scheme Performance Review Group. He is a non-executive director of British Airways and Royal Dutch Shell, and former chairman of Lloyds TSB Group and Akzo Nobel Supervisory Board. 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 67.

Organization Position Status
British Telecommunications Plc Deputy Chairman Current
British Airways Board of Directors Current

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Rnib Vice President Current
Wellington College Current
British Telecommunications Plc Chairman Current
British United Provident Association Ltd. Board of Directors Current
Guards Polo Club Board Member Current

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British Telecommunications Plc Chairman of the Audit Committee Current
Cymorth Cristnogol Board of Directors Current
Hm Revenue & Customs Board of Directors Current
Zurich Financial Services Chief Executive Officer Former
HBOS plc Group Director, Finance, Treasury & Insight Former
Clerical Medical Investment Group Ltd. Chairman Former
Business.com, Inc. Director Former
HBOS plc Board of Directors Former

Organization Position Status
Unilog Management CEO Current
LogicaCMG Chief Executive Officer Current
Abesu Chief Executive Officer, Executive Board Director and Member of the Executive Committee Current
NAVTEQ Corp. Board of Directors Current
British Telecommunications Plc Board of Directors Current
LogicaCMG Executive Board Director Current
Logica Plc. Board of Directors Current
Companion Corporation Board of Directors Current
Co-Operations Inc CEO Former
Logica Plc. CEO Former
Leeds University Degree In Chemical Engineering Former

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British Telecommunications Plc Board of Directors Current

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Hmv Group, LLC. Chairman Current
Rolls Royce Board of Directors Current
British Telecommunications Plc Board of Directors Current

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British Telecommunications Plc Board of Directors Current

Clay, 59, was appointed as Non-Executive Chairman in October 2005. Prior to his retirement in May 2001, he was executive Deputy Chairman of CMG (now part of LogicaCMG), having joined the board when it acquired Admiral plc, the software services company he co-founded in 1979. Clay is also Non-Executive Director and External Chairman of the Meteorological Office Board, and Non-Executive Chairman of Echo Research Limited and Close Beacon Investment Fund. He is a trustee of Economist Newspapers Limited and the Foundation for Liver Research and Director of The Test and Itchen Association Limited. Clay's other Non-Executive Directorships are British Telecommunications plc, and Herald Investment Trust plc.

Organization Position Status
Echo Research, Ltd. President Current
GlobeOp Financial Services, Ltd. Chairman of the Board Current
Echo Research, Ltd. Non-Executive Chairman Current
Isgroup, LLC Chair Current
Anite Group plc Non-Executive Chairman Current
Anite Travel, Ltd. Non-Executive Chairman Current
Anite Inc. Non-Executive Chairman Current
Anite Plc Non-Executive Chairman Current
Nemo Technologies, Ltd. Non-Executive Chairman Current
Anite Public Sector, Ltd. Non-Executive Chairman Current
Herald Investment Management Ltd Board of Directors Current
British Telecommunications Plc Board of Directors Current
Echo Research, Ltd. Non-Executive Director Former
Admiral Plc Executive Chairman Former

Organization Position Status
British Telecommunications Plc Board of Directors Current

N. R. Narayana Murthy is the Chairman of our Board and Chief Mentor. He co-founded Infosys in 1981 and served as our CEO for over 20 years between 1981 and 2002. Under his leadership, Infosys was listed on NASDAQ in 1999. He served as the Executive Chairperson of our Board and Chief Mentor from 2002 to 2006. He retired from employment with Infosys in August 2006. He also serves as a director of Infosys China and Infosys Consulting. Mr. Murthy serves as an independent director on the boards of Unilever PLC, Unilever NV, and New Delhi Television Limited. He has also been appointed as an independent director in HSBC Holdings PLC, with effect from May 1, 2008. He is an IT advisor to several Asian countries. He is also a member of the advisory boards and councils of several educational institutions including Cornell University, ESSEC, Paris, INSEAD, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore, Singapore Management University, Stanford Graduate School of Business, the University of Tokyo and the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. Mr. Murthy was voted the "World Entrepreneur of the Year" by Ernst & Young in 2003 and ranked as India's most powerful CEO for three consecutive years between 2004 and 2006 by the Economic Times. In 2004, TIME magazine identified him as one of ten global leaders who are helping shape the future of technology. In 2005, the Economist ranked him 8th among the 15 most admired global leaders and the Financial Times ranked him 28th among the world's most respected business leaders In 2007, he was chosen as the "Business Process Innovator" by the Economist and he received the Ernst Weber Engineering Leadership medal from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers for his pioneering role in the globalization of IT services. Mr. Murthy was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award, by the Government of India in 2008. The Government of France made him an Officer of the Legion of Honor in 2008. Mr. Murthy holds a B. E. from the University of Mysore and an M. Tech. from the Indian Institute of Technology, or IIT, Kanpur. Nandan M. Nilekani is the Co-Chairman of our Board. He is one of our co-founders and has served as one of our directors since 1981. From March 2002 to June, 2007, he served as our Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director. He has previously served as President and Chief Operating Officer. He also serves as a director of Infosys Consulting. Mr. Nilekani co-founded India's National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) and the Bangalore chapter of The IndUS Entrepreneurs (TiE). He is the Vice Chairperson of The Conference Board, Inc., an international research and business membership organization. He is on the Board of Directors of the Peterson Institute for International Economics and on the Board of Governors of the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay. He also serves as the Co-chairperson of the IIT Bombay Heritage Fund. In India, Mr. Nilekani is a member of the National Knowledge Commission and also part of the National Advisory Group on e-Governance. He is also a member of the review committee of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission. In April 2008, he took over as the elected President of National Council of Applied Economic Research, NCAER, the premier, independent, applied economics research institute in India. He was the Chairperson of the Government of India's IT Task Force for power. He has also served as a member of the subcommittee of the Securities and Exchange Board of India that dealt with issues related to insider trading, and as a member of the Reserve Bank of India's Advisory Group on corporate governance. Mr. Nilekani was named among the "World's most respected business leaders" in 2002 and 2003, according to a global survey by the Financial Times and PricewaterhouseCoopers. He received Fortune magazine's "Asia's...

Organization Position Status
Infosys Technologies Limited Founder Current
India Zing Current
Koramangala Current
News Track India Current
Infosys Technologies Limited Chairman Current
Asia Business Council Chairman Current
Unilever Canada Ltd Board of Directors Current
Un Foundation Board of Directors Current
Ndtv Ltd. Board of Directors Current
Infosys Consulting, Inc. Director Current
Stanford Graduate School of Business Board of Directors Current
Dbs Bank, Ltd. Board Member Current
Nanasu Portals Pvt Ltd Board of Directors Current
Reserve Bank Director Current
Infosys Technologies Limited Chief Mentor Current
Unilever Plc Board of Directors Current
University of Tokyo Board of Directors Current
Infosys Technologies Limited CEO Former
Un Foundation Chairman and Chief Mentor of Infosys Technologies Limited Former
Infosys Managing Director Former
Dbs Bank, Ltd. independent director Former
Infosys Chairman of the Board Former
Indian Institute of Technology Master of Technology Former
University of Mysore Bachelor of Electrical Engineering Former
Mysore University Bachelor of Electrical Engineering Former
University of Mysore Degree In Electrical Engineering Former
Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania member Former
British Telecommunications Plc member Former

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Thinkindia Ltd. CEO Current
Infosys Chief Mentor Officer Current
Infosys Technologies Limited Chief Mentor Current
Infosys Co-Founder Current
MBA India Co-Founder of Infosys Current
Infosys Chairman of The Board Current
Jobs Vacancy Career Chairman of Infosys Current
Unilever Plc Director Current
Reserve Bank Board of Directors Current
Dbs Bank, Ltd. Director Current
Thinkindia Ltd. Board of Directors Current
British Telecommunications Plc Board of Directors Current
Infosys CEO Former
Dbs Bank, Ltd. independent director Former
BusinessWeek Former
Infosys Technologies Limited Chairman Former
Indian Institute of Technology Master of Technology Former
University of Mysore Bachelor of Electrical Engineering Former

Executive News

  • 'Murthy's book explains the true meaning of leadership'

    Indian Express - 9/03/09 - View Story

  • IT Czar Murthy's daughter ties knot

    Indian Express - 8/29/09 - View Story

  • Infy's Narayana Murthy to join NPCI board as non-exec Chairman

    Economictimes - 8/19/09 - View Story

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