Report of Foreign Issuer (6-k)
March 09 2017 - 7:29AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
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: 09 March 2017
BT Group plc
(Translation
of registrant's name into English)
BT
Group plc
81 Newgate
Street
London
EC1A 7AJ
England
(Address
of principal executive offices)
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form
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Form 40-F
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by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information
contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information
to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.
Yes
No ..X..
If
"Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the
registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-
________
March 9, 2017
JAN DU PLESSIS APPOINTED AS CHAIRMAN
BT
Group plc is pleased to announce that Jan du Plessis will succeed
Sir Mike Rake as Chairman. Jan will join the Board as a
non-executive director from 1 June 2017 and become Chairman with
effect from 1 November 2017 when Sir Mike will retire from BT,
following 10 years as Chairman.
Jan has
been Chairman of Rio Tinto since 2009. He has also held a number of
other senior non-executive roles. These include as a director and
Chairman of SABMiller from September 2014 and July 2015
respectively until October 2016, and as director and Senior
Independent Director of Marks & Spencer from 2008 and 2012
respectively until March 2015.
Previously
Jan was Group Finance Director of Richemont and Chairman at British
American Tobacco.
Sir
Mike Rake said: "I am delighted Jan has been chosen to succeed me
as Chairman. Over the past 10 years, BT has made huge progress and
we have transformed and expanded the business. Whilst clearly there
are continuing challenges, the performance of the company remains
on track. This gives me great confidence in its future and I wish
Jan every success as he leads BT at this important
time."
Nick
Rose who, as BT's Senior Independent Director, led the planned
succession process to appoint the new Chairman, said: "Our desire
was to find someone with deep experience of leading high profile
organisations and who would also have credibility with our key
stakeholders. We ran a thorough process to ensure we identified the
very best candidate to lead BT. Jan is the unanimous choice of the
Board."
Jan du
Plessis said: "I am honoured to have been asked to become BT's
Chairman. BT is a great British company with excellent people and
Mike has done an outstanding job as Chairman over the last 10
years. This is an important time for the company and I look forward
to working with Gavin and his team to help BT continue to support
Britain's digital future."
About Jan du Plessis
Jan has
been Chairman of Rio Tinto since 2009 having joined the Board in
2008. He oversaw the appointment of a new CEO in 2013, as a
consequence of Rio's first-ever annual loss. Since then, Rio has
delivered over £9 billion in shareholder returns, removed
£4 billion of costs, whilst strengthening the balance sheet
and rationalising the investment pipeline.
Until
October 2016, Jan was Chairman of SABMiller, a role he took up in
July 2015 having been with the company since September 2014. He led
the negotiations for SABMiller's £79 billion takeover by
ABInBev.
Previously
Jan was Director and Senior Independent Director of Marks &
Spencer, from 2008 and 2012 respectively, until March 2015. Jan was
a member of the Audit, Nominating and Remuneration Committees
throughout. He was also a Director and Chairman of British American
Tobacco from 1999 and 2004 respectively and Group Finance Director
of Richemont.
Jan,
aged 63, is a chartered accountant and is both a British and South
African national. Jan is also a member of the European Round Table
of Industrialists.
ENDS
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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 180 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 of six
customer-facing lines of business: Global Services, Business and
Public Sector, Consumer, EE, Wholesale and Ventures, and
Openreach.
For the year ended 31 March 2016
1
, BT Group's reported revenue was £19,012m
with reported profit before taxation of
£2,907m.
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.
1
The results for the period have been revised to reflect the
outcome of the investigation into our Italian business. Detail of
which is set out in our third quarter results announcement
published on 27 January 2017. This financial information is
unaudited.
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/
Dan Fitz, Company Secretary
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Dan
Fitz, Company Secretary.
Date 09
March 2017
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