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RNS Number : 5440N  BT Group PLC  25 November 2024

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.

 

Enquiries

 

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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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