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BT GROUP PLC BOARD AND COMMITTEE CHANGES
BT GROUP PLC BOARD AND COMMITTEE CHANGES.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n RNS Number : 6373L\n BT Group PLC\n 01 May 2020\n \n \n \n \n 1 May 2020\n \n \n \n \n \n BT GROUP PLC BOARD AND COMMITTEE CHANGES\n \n \n \n \n \n BT Group plc (\"BT\") today announces some changes to the Board and its committees.\n \n \n \n \n \n After serving more than nine years, Nick Rose has decided to step down from the Board as a non-executive director at the conclusion of the 2020 Annual General Meeting (\"AGM\") on 16 July 2020. \n \n \n \n \n \n Jan du Plessis, BT's Chairman, said \"Nick has been a great asset to our Board for more than nine years, during which time he also served as Senior Independent Director and as Chair of the Audit & Risk and Remuneration Committees. I thank him wholeheartedly for his tremendous contribution and for his personal support to me during my first two years as Chairman.\"\n \n \n \n \n \n Iain Conn will succeed Nick as our Senior Independent Director, Sir Ian Cheshire \n will chair the Remuneration Committee and Matthew Key will chair the Audit & Risk Committee. \n \n \n \n \n \n In addition, Timotheus Höttges has decided to step down from the Board with effect from 15 May 2020. Tim joined the Board as the nominated representative of Deutsche Telekom AG (\"DT\"), in accordance with the terms of the BT acquisition of EE Limited in 2016. DT is entitled to nominate one non-executive director for appointment to the Board for so long as the DT group holds 10 per cent or more of the issued share capital of BT.\n \n \n \n \n \n Adel Al-Saleh, Chief Executive Officer of T-Systems International GmbH (a subsidiary of DT) and a member of the Management Board of DT, will join the Board as a non-independent non-executive director and the nominated representative of DT to replace Tim, with effect from 15 May 2020. Adel will also be a member of the Nominations Committee. \n \n \n \n \n \n Jan du Plessis said \"On behalf of the Board, I would like to thank Tim for the insight and industry expertise he has contributed over the past four years. We look forward to welcoming Adel, who brings valuable international experience and deep knowledge of transformation and digitisation\".\n \n \n \n \n \n Tim added, \n \"I continue to be very committed to BT. Strong leadership is essential for the telecoms industry, especially in t...