BT Group PLC MIKE INGLIS TO JOIN BT BOARD (2157W)
August 17 2015 - 5:30AM
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BT Group PLC
17 August 2015
17 August 2015
MIKE INGLIS TO JOIN BT BOARD
Mike Inglis is to join the BT Board as a non-executive director
and a member of the BT Technology Committee, which was set up in
early 2015 to agree the development and implementation of BT's
major technology innovation strategies. His appointment takes
effect from 1 September 2015.
Mike is currently a non-executive director and chairman
designate of Ilika, an AIM listed materials technology business. He
is also non-executive director of Pace plc and an independent
director at US-based Advanced Micro Devices. Until March 2013, Mike
was on the board of ARM Holdings having joined the company in 2002
and held roles including chief commercial officer, EVP and general
manager of the processor division and EVP sales and marketing.
Prior to joining ARM, Mike worked in management consultancy with AT
Kearney and held a number of senior operational and marketing
positions at Motorola.
Mike also held roles with Texas Instruments, Fairchild and BIS
Macintosh and gained his initial industrial experience with GEC
Telecommunications. He is a Chartered Engineer and a Member of the
Chartered Institute of Marketing.
In welcoming the appointment, BT's Chairman, Sir Michael Rake,
said: "I'm delighted to welcome Mike to BT. He has a decade of
board experience and brings with him in-depth experience of the
technology industry. He will be a great asset for BT and its
Board."
Mike commented: "I'm looking forward to joining BT. It's a
really exciting time and I believe BT has an important role to play
in the industry's continuing evolution."
Mike Inglis biography
Mike joined the Ilika Board as a non-executive director and
chairman-designate in July 2015. Subject to approval at the Ilika
AGM, Mike will become non-executive Chairman in September 2015.
Mike joined the Board of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) in March
2014 and is a member of the audit, innovations and nominations
committees. AMD designs and integrates technology that powers
millions of intelligent devices, including personal computers,
tablets, game consoles and cloud servers.
Since 2008, Mike has been a non-executive director at Pace plc,
a member of the audit and nominating committee and has chaired its
remuneration committee since November 2014.
Having joined ARM in 2002, Mike joined the main Board three
months later and was a key member of the leadership team during a
decade of ARM success with his last year spent as chief commercial
officer. His other roles included EVP sales and marketing, EVP
marketing and business development and most significantly EVP and
general manager of the processor division from 2008 to 2012.
Mike is married, with two daughters, and was educated at
Birmingham University. Mike competed in the Clipper Round the World
yacht race in 2013.
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About BT
BT's purpose is to use the power of communications to make a
better world. It is one of the world's leading providers of
communications services and solutions, serving customers in more
than 170 countries. Its principal activities include the provision
of networked IT services globally; local, national and
international telecommunications services to its customers for use
at home, at work and on the move; broadband, TV and internet
products and services; and converged fixed/mobile products and
services. BT consists principally of five customer-facing lines of
business: BT Global Services, BT Business, BT Consumer, BT
Wholesale and Openreach.
For the year ended 31 March 2015, BT Group's reported revenue
was GBP17,979m with reported profit before taxation of
GBP2,645m.
British Telecommunications plc (BT) 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 stock exchanges in
London and New York.
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