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Announcements => News Articles => Topic started by: Black Sheep on June 19, 2013, 04:27:04 PM
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Ian Livingstone to leave BT in September. Gavin Patterson to replace him.
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Thanks BS
More info -linky (http://www.btplc.com/News/Articles/Showarticle.cfm?ArticleID=556AF8FE-C538-4060-B803-2E4B5EE5EC3F)
BT announces today that Gavin Patterson will succeed Ian Livingston as chief executive of BT Group plc.
Ian has agreed to take up a role in government as Minister of State for Trade and Investment. He will continue as chief executive of BT until he steps down from his post and from BT’s Board in September.
Gavin Patterson has served as chief executive of BT Retail and as a BT Board member since 2008, having joined the company as a senior executive four years prior to that. He will take over as chief executive of BT Group in September.
Sir Michael Rake, Chairman of BT, said: “Ian has done a tremendous job in transforming BT. His decision to accept a government post demonstrates the sense of public service which many of us know to be characteristic. He leaves behind him a very capable team, one which will take forward the strategy that has served BT well and which lays out the path to further success.
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Funny old country we live in where government ministers (competent or otherwise) are appointed to office, without any election beforehand to the House of Commons!
Banana republic some might say!
Nothing has changed much since the days of Lord Salisbury who was made prime minister when he wasn't even an MP!
cheers, a