BT Group PLC LEENA NAIR TO JOIN BT BOARD (8078D)
28 Junio 2019 - 4:00AM
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BT Group PLC
28 June 2019
28 June 2019
LEENA NAIR TO JOIN BT BOARD
Leena Nair is joining the BT Board as a non-executive director
and as a member of the Remuneration Committee, the Nominations
Committee and the Digital Impact & Sustainability Committee.
Her appointment takes effect from the end of BT's Annual General
Meeting on 10 July 2019.
Leena brings broad functional HR expertise to the BT Board, and
has an outstanding record in driving large scale change and
transformation. She has been Chief Human Resources Officer at
Unilever, a leading company in the "fast moving consumer goods"
sector, since March 2016 where she has overall responsibility for
the global people agenda for Unilever's 160,000 employees. Leena is
also a member of Unilever's leadership executive.
She has been a non-executive director of the UK Department for
Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy since 2018 and is chair of
its Nominations and Governance Committee.
Prior to her current role, Leena held a number of senior HR
roles at Unilever, including: Senior Vice President for Leadership
and Organisational Development and Global Head of Diversity;
Executive Director of Hindustan Unilever; and Vice President HR
South Asia.
In welcoming the appointment, BT's Chairman Jan du Plessis,
said: "We are delighted to welcome Leena to BT. She brings a deep
understanding of the strategic and practical challenges of driving
large scale cultural transformation, making her an excellent
addition to the Board."
Leena added "I am delighted to be invited to join the Board of
BT, an iconic company. I am looking forward to making a
contribution to shape the future of this exciting business in a
dynamic sector."
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Leena Nair biography
Leena is Chief Human Resources Officer at Unilever, a
British-Dutch multinational consumer goods company. She was
appointed Chief Human Resources Officer in 2016 and is a member of
the Unilever Leadership Executive. Leena is responsible for
Unilever's global people agenda, working across 160 markets to help
deliver Unilever's business financial performance as well as its
environmental and social impact objectives.
Leena is also a non-executive director at the UK Department for
Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, having been on the Board
since 2018.
Leena joined Unilever in 1992 and has held a wide variety of
roles in HR throughout her career. Between 2013 and 2016, she was
Senior Vice President for Leadership and Organisational Development
and Global Head of Diversity, and between 2007 and 2012, Leena was
Executive Director of Hindustan Unilever and Vice President HR
South Asia.
Other roles prior to this included General Manager HPC (Home and
Personal Care) and Foods and Head of Management Development.
Leena has an MBA from XLRI - Xavier School of Management
(formerly Xavier Labor Relations Institute), India's oldest
business school of international repute, and a Bachelor of
Engineering (Electronics and Telecommunications) from Walchand
College of Engineering.
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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 four customer-facing units: Consumer, Enterprise,
Global and Openreach.
For the year ended 31 March 2019, BT Group's reported revenue
was GBP23,428m with reported profit before taxation of
GBP2,666m.
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of the BT Group. BT Group plc is listed on stock exchanges in
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