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Openreach Appoints Independent Board Members
Openreach Appoints Independent Board Members.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 6615V BT Group PLC 01 February 2017 \n\n February 1st 2017\n \nOpenreach Appoints Independent Board Members \nNew members bring key expertise in employee relations and regulatory compliance\nChairman sets out ambition to deliver improved service for customers\n \nOpenreach has appointed Sir Brendan Barber and Edward Astle as independent members of a newly formed Board to oversee strategy, investment and service delivery at the UK's leading digital infrastructure company.\nSir Brendan Barber, former General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress and current chair of Acas, and Edward Astle, a former Board member of National Grid, attended the inaugural meeting of the Openreach Board on 31 January 2017. The Board was chaired by Mike McTighe, who was appointed independent Chairman of Openreach in December 2016. A fourth independent non-executive is due to be announced imminently with a specific focus on customer service.\nEstablishing the new Board is central to governance reforms that Openreach has been implementing to become a more transparent and autonomous business. The reorganisation programme will create increased operational and management independence for Openreach.\nMike McTighe, Chairman of Openreach, said: \"Openreach's network and connectivity underpins Britain's digital economy and we know that our customers have very high expectations of us.\n\"I understand that customers sometimes feel let down by Openreach because we haven't always delivered the service they expect or that we hope to provide. We have made ...