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[Bowdon]

Acas chief Barber joins Openreach amid BT battle with Ofcom

Sir Brendan Barber, the former head of the TUC, is to join the board of BT's infrastructure division amid ongoing pressure from rivals and the industry regulator to formally separate it from the FTSE-100 telecoms group.

Sky News has learnt that BT will announce on Wednesday that Sir Brendan will become an independent non-executive director of Openreach.

Sir Brendan, who chairs the employment relations service Acas, has been recruited by Mike McTighe, the former telecoms executive who was hired as Openreach's first chairman last November.

The move will form part of efforts by BT and Mr McTighe to establish an independent governance framework at Openreach which assuages the concerns of rivals - including Sky plc, the owner of Sky News - about future access to, and investment in, Britain's broadband infrastructure.

It feels like a big chess board.. watching the players moving around.

[Black Sheep]

Along with Barber, No.2 of the 3 non-executive board members is ............

Edward Astle ..... has significant experience in the telecoms and utilities sector: Cable and Wireless, BICC and National Grid, and has been an independent member of the equality of access Board that monitors BT's and Openreach's compliance with the current regulatory undertakings.