25
November 2024
Rima Qureshi to join BT Group
Board
BT Group plc ("BT Group") announces that Rima Qureshi
will join the Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director with
effect from 2 March 2025. Rima will become a member of the Audit
& Risk, Nominations and Responsible Business
Committees.
Rima brings a wealth of operational,
strategic and telecommunications industry expertise gained over 30
years. Most recently, she was Chief Strategy Officer &
Executive Vice President of Verizon Communications. She is
currently Non-Executive Director of MasterCard and Loblaw Companies
Limited.
Adam Crozier, BT Group's Chairman,
said "We are delighted to be welcoming Rima as a director in March.
Her extensive operational, strategic and telecommunications
experience will be of significant value to the Board and its
committees."
Rima added "I'm very much looking
forward to joining BT Group and hope that my experience over many
years in the telecommunications industry will positively contribute
to future Board discussions and decision-making."
There are no additional matters that
would require disclosure in respect of Rima Qureshi
or pursuant to 9.6.13R of the Listing Rules of the
UK Financial Conduct Authority.
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Rima Qureshi's biography
Rima has a wealth of operational,
strategic and telecommunications industry expertise. She is
currently Non-Executive Director of MasterCard and Loblaw Companies
Limited. From 2017 to 2024, Rima was Chief Strategy Officer &
Executive Vice President of Verizon Communications. Prior to that
she gained extensive experience at Ericsson, with a career spanning
over 20 years, including in the latter years as President &
Chief Executive of Ericsson North America. Rima was also previously
Deputy Chair of GSMA between 2020 and 2022 and board
member between 2017 and 2024, a Non- Executive Director of Great
West Life and Wolters Kluwer, a Non-Executive Director
of the Verizon Foundation between 2017 and
2024, and a Member of the Faculty Advisory Board at
McGill University between 2018 and 2024.
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About
BT Group
BT Group is the UK's leading provider
of fixed and mobile telecommunications and related secure digital
products, solutions and services. We also provide managed
telecommunications, security and network & IT infrastructure
services to customers across 180 countries.
BT Group consists of three
customer-facing units: Consumer serves individuals and families in
the UK; Business covers companies and public services in the UK and
internationally; Openreach is an independently governed, wholly
owned subsidiary wholesaling fixed access infrastructure services
to its customers - over 700 communications providers across the
UK.
British Telecommunications plc is a
wholly owned subsidiary of BT Group plc and encompasses virtually
all businesses and assets of the BT Group. BT Group plc is listed
on the London Stock Exchange.
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