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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