SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Announcement: 01 December 2008
BT Group plc
(Translation of registrant's name into English)
BT Centre
81 Newgate Street
London
EC1A 7AJ
England
(Address of principal executive offices)
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Enclosures: 1. BT appoints Tony Chanmugam as GFD announcement made on 01 December
2008
BT APPOINTS TONY CHANMUGAM AS GROUP FINANCE
DIRECTOR
BT today announces the appointment of Tony Chanmugam as Group Finance Director for BT Group. He also joins the BT Group Board. Tony succeeds Hanif Lalani who was recently appointed Chief Executive of BT Global Services.
Tony moves from his current positions as Chief Financial Officer of BT Retail, and as Managing Director of BT Enterprises.
During the four years he has spent at BT Retail, Tony has been pivotal in the
transformation of the £8.5 billion business which serves the consumer and SME
markets in the UK and Ireland. Profits have been turned around from double digit
decline into healthy growth. At the same time, he has led efficiency programmes which
have delivered annualised cost savings of around £1 billion.
Tony is also currently Managing Director of BT Enterprises, the division of BT Retail
which includes Conferencing, Redcare (Security Service), Directories, Payphones, DABS
(Internet Retailing) and Expedite (Multi-channel Retail Solutions). This is a growing
and profitable business with revenues of approx £800 million in the last
financial year.
From 1997 to 2004, Tony was Chief Financial Officer and then Chief Operating Officer at
BT Global Solutions, a business serving multinational organisations in more than 100
countries. While he was there, the division delivered annual growth of approximately
30% to achieve annual revenues of around £3 billion. At the same time, it turned
from a loss making into a strongly and consistently profitable operation. Global
Solutions has since become part of BT Global Services.
Tony Chanmugam said
"In a business where prices are falling all the time, cost and process transformation are the critical drivers of profitable growth. This has been my principal focus in BT Retail, and at BT Global Solutions before that. I am extremely excited about the opportunity to apply the same determination to driving cost transformation through the BT Group"
Ian Livingston, Chief Executive of BT Group, welcomed the appointment
"In each of the senior positions he has held in BT, Tony Chanmugam has delivered
transformational change and well controlled, profitable businesses. Tony will now
accelerate the pace of change across BT. I congratulate him on his appointment and
welcome him onto the BT Group Board"
Tony's appointment takes immediate effect and follows a thorough recruitment process
in which both internal and external candidates were considered.
BT is one of the world's leading providers of communications solutions and
services operating in 170 countries. Its principal activities include the
provision of networked IT services globally; local, national and international
telecommunications services to our customers for use at home, at work and on the
move; broadband and internet products and services and converged fixed/mobile
products and services. BT consists principally of four lines of business: BT Global
Services, Openreach, BT Retail and BT Wholesale.
In the year ended 31 March 2008, BT Group plc's revenue was £20,704 million
with profit before taxation and specific items of £2,506 million.
British Telecommunications plc (BT) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BT Group and
encompasses virtually all businesses and assets of the BT Group. BT Group plc is
listed on stock exchanges in London and New York.
Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized.
BT Group PLC
(Registrant)
By: /s/ Patricia Day
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Patricia Day, Assistant Secretary.
Date 01 December 2008