BT Group Plc.

Hanif was appointed chief executive of BT Global Services in October 2008. He was appointed Group finance director in February 2005 when he 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 47 years old.

Gavin Patterson was appointed chief executive of BT Retail on June 1, 2008. He joined BT in 2004 as managing director of BT Retail's consumer division. In this role he has been responsible for all services to BT's 15 million residential customers. Under his leadership BT has become the UK's number one broadband provider with more than 4.3 million customers. He has launched innovative new products including BT Total Broadband and BT Vision while transforming the financial performance of the division. Prior to joining BT, Gavin was managing director for Telewest's consumer division with turnover of £950m. He spent four years with the company which he joined as marketing director for telephone and internet services. Before Telewest, Gavin was at Procter and Gamble where he was European marketing director for the company's third largest brand, Pantene. Gavin is a fellow of the Marketing Society and a member of The Marketing Group of Great Britain and The Thirty Club. He went to school in Warrington and Yeovil before graduating from Emmanuel College, Cambridge with an Engineering degree. He is 41 years old, and is married with four young children. His other passion in life is Liverpool FC.

Ian Livingston was appointed chief executive of BT Group on June 1st, 2008. Previously, he was chief executive of BT Retail, a position he held from February 2005. Prior to this, Ian was group finance director for BT Group from April 2002. Before joining BT, Ian was, from 1997, group finance director of the Dixons Group. He joined Dixons in 1991 and his career with the electrical retailer spanned a number of operational and financial roles, both in the UK and overseas. Earlier in his career Ian held senior management positions at the 3i Group and the Bank of America International. He was a director of Freeserve from its inception. Ian is also a non-executive director of Celtic plc. He holds a BA in economics from Manchester University and qualified as a chartered accountant in 1987. He is 44 years old.

Matti Alahuhta was appointed to the Board on 1st February 2006. He is also president and chief executive of Kone Corporation. Kone is one of the world's largest elevator manufacturers with annual sales of £2 billion, global operations and 27,000 employees. Prior to that, he worked at Nokia Corporation for more than 20 years. His most recent roles at Nokia were: executive vice-president and chief strategy officer; president, mobile phones; then president, telecommunications. Matti is foundation board chairman of the International Institute for Management Development and chairman of Technology Industries of Finland Centennial Foundation. A Finnish citizen, he is aged 56. Key to membership of principal Board committees: (b) Audit (c) Remuneration (d) Nominating (e) Community Support (f) Pension Scheme Performance Review Group (g) Equality of Access Board All the non-executive directors are considered independent of the management of the company.

Andrew Parker was appointed Company Secretary with effect from 1 April 2008. Prior to this he was General Counsel of BT Retail, and has previously held other senior leadership roles in BT's legal and regulatory communities. He is a Trustee of the BT Pension Scheme, and a member of the Primary Markets Group of the London Stock Exchange. Andrew is 50 years old.

Carl Symon was appointed to the Board on 14 January 2002 and was appointed chairman of the Equality of Access Board when it became operational on 1 November 2005. He retired from IBM in May 2001 after a 32-year career, during which he held senior executive positions in the USA, Canada, Latin America, Asia and Europe. These positions included chairman and chief executive officer of IBM UK. Carl is chairman of a number of private companies, and a non-executive director of Rolls-Royce, of Rexam and an advisory board member of Cross Atlantic Capital Partners. A US national, he is aged 62.

Clayton Brendish was appointed to the Board on 1st September 2002. He is a non-executive chairman of Anite, of Close Beacon Investment Fund and Echo Research Limited and a non-executive director of Herald Investment Trust. He is also a trustee of Economist Newspapers and the Foundation for Liver Research. Prior to his retirement in May 2001, Clayton was executive deputy Chairman of CMG, having joined the board when it acquired Admiral. He was co-founder and executive chairman of Admiral, incorporated in 1979. He also acted as an advisor to the Government on the efficiency of the Civil Service. Aged 62.

Eric Daniels became Group Chief Executive of the Lloyds TSB Group on 1st June 2003, having joined their Board in November 2001 as Group Executive, UK Retail Banking. Immediately prior to his this, Eric was Chairman and CEO of Zona Financiera, a leading Latin American financial portal providing consumers with independent financial advice. Eric spent the majority of his career with Citibank spanning some twenty five years. He started his career in Panama where he worked in systems, operations and planning and spent a total of thirteen years in Latin America, with positions including the Consumer Country Head for Chile and the Riverplate region. He spent four years based in London running Citibank’s private banking operations for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He then returned to the States to hold senior positions in head office and subsequently to become President of FSB, Citibank’s West Coast consumer franchise based in San Francisco, California. In 1996, he was appointed Regional Head of Citibank Consumer Bank Europe, based in Brussels. In 1998, Eric became the Chief Operating Officer of Citibank’s Consumer Bank based in New York and subsequent to a merger became Chairman and CEO of Travelers Life Annuity, based in Hartford, Connecticut. Eric holds degrees from the Cornell University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Aged 57, he joined the Board of BT plc as a non-executive director, with effect 1 April 2008.

Patricia joined BT as a non-executive director on 24 March 2008. She is Labour MP for Leicester West, was Secretary of State for Health from 2005-2007 and Secretary of State for Trade & Industry from 2001-2005 (and Minister of State for Trade & Industry from 1999-2001). Prior to her Parliamentary career, Patricia was director of research at Andersen Consulting [now Accenture] (1994-1997) and Deputy Director of the Institute for Public Policy Research, which she helped found, from 1989-1994. Prior to that, she held policy coordination and press officer roles for Rt Hon Neil Kinnock MP. Aged 60, Patricia is married with two children.

Phil Hodkinson was appointed to the Board on 1st February 2006. He is Chairman of the Audit Committee and is a member of the Nominating, Sustainability & Responsibility, and Pension Scheme Performance Review Committees. He is a non-executive director of HM Revenue & Customs, Travelex, Resolution Ltd, Christian Aid and Business in the Community and a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries. Prior to his retirement in 2007 Phil’s former roles included group finance director of HBOS plc, chairman of Insight Investment and Clerical Medical, and chief executive of Zurich Life and Eagle Star Life. Aged 51.

Tony Chanmugam was appointed group finance director of BT Group on December 1 2008 when he also joins the BT Group plc Board. In his career at BT Tony and has established a strong reputation for cost transformation, most recently holding two senior positions in BT Retail, as chief financial officer (CFO), and as managing director of BT Enterprises (a division within BT Retail which consists of six standalone businesses: BT Conferencing, Redcare, Directories, Payphones, DABS and BT Expedite). Prior to joining BT Retail, Tony was chief financial officer for BT Global Solutions, a business serving multinational organisations in more than 100 countries. In 2004 BT Global Solutions was integrated into BT Global Services. Outside work Tony is a sports enthusiast. He captained his local cricket club and played for the first eleven for 24 years having previously played for the British Universities team. He plays golf with a handicap tantalisingly close to single figures. Tony is 55 years old. He is married and lives in Hertfordshire.