BT Group plc is a British multinational telecommunications holding company headquartered in London,England. It has operations in around 180 countries and is the largest provider of fixed-line,broadband and mobile services in the UK,and also provides subscription television and IT services.
Kelvinside Academy is an independent day school in Glasgow,Scotland,founded in 1878. It has a capacity of over 600 pupils and spans two years of Nursery,six years of Junior School,a transition year of Senior Preparatory,and six years of Senior School,comprising fifteen years in all. Kelvinside was founded as a private school and remained so until the late 1940s when,like many similar schools,it became 'grant-aided' until 1985 when it reverted to its fully independent roots once more. Formerly for boys only,the school became fully co-educational in 1998.
George Simpson,Baron Simpson of Dunkeld is a British businessman and former Labour - and later unaffiliated - member of the House of Lords. In the late 1980s and early 1990s Simpson gained a reputation for turning around struggling companies. However,as CEO of Marconi plc he presided over one of the largest collapses in British corporate history.
Robert Haldane Smith,Baron Smith of Kelvin,is a British businessman and former Governor of the British Broadcasting Corporation. Smith was knighted in 1999,appointed to the House of Lords as an independent crossbench peer in 2008,and appointed Knight of the Thistle in the 2014 New Year Honours. He was also appointed to the Order of the Companions of Honour in 2016.
Frederick Anderson Goodwin FRSE FCIBS is a Scottish chartered accountant and former banker who was Chief executive officer (CEO) of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) between 2001 and 2009.
Bernardus Johannes Maria "Ben" Verwaayen KBE is a Dutch businessman and a general partner of Keen Venture Partners. He was Chief Executive Officer of telecommunications company Alcatel-Lucent from 2008 to 2013.
Sir Philip Roy Hampton is a British businessman. He was the first chairman of UK Financial Investments Limited in 2008 and chairman of government-owned The Royal Bank of Scotland Group between 2009 and 2015. He has also chaired GlaxoSmithKline and J Sainsbury.
Charles Lamb Allen,Baron Allen of Kensington,is a British businessman,broadcaster,and chairman of Balfour Beatty,Invictus Games THG plc,Global Radio and Advisory chairman at Moelis &Company. Lord Allen was chief executive of Granada Group from 1996 to 2000,executive chairman of Granada Media plc from 2000 to 2004,chief executive of ITV plc from its formation in 2004 until 2007,and chairman of the music company EMI. He was chairman of Endemol,2 Sisters Food Group and ISS,a non-executive director of Tesco and Virgin Media. In March 2012,he was appointed by Ed Miliband,the leader of the Labour Party,to the position of chairman of the executive board of the party. He has been chairman of the British Red Cross.
Peter Lawwell is the former chief executive of Scottish Premiership club Celtic. He retired in June 2021 from his role as CEO. He was announced as successor to current Celtic chairman Ian Bankier on 2 December 2022 and took up the role as non-executive Chairman on 1 January 2023.
Stephen Andrew Carter,Baron Carter of Barnes,,is a Scottish businessman and politician. Starting his career as CEO of J Walter Thompson UK &Ireland and COO of NTL UK &Ireland,in 2003 Carter became the founding CEO of Ofcom in the United Kingdom. He was subsequently the group CEO of Brunswick Group from 2007 until 2008,when he stepped down to join the administration of Prime Minister Gordon Brown,Initially serving in 2008 as Brown's chief of strategy,principal advisor,and the Acting Downing Street Chief of Staff,he was the Minister for Communications,Technology and Broadcasting from 2008 to 2009. Between 2010 and 2013 he held various management positions at Alcatel-Lucent,and in 2013 he became the group CEO of Informa,an information and events company.
Andy Hornby is an English businessman,currently chief executive of The Restaurant Group,a British chain of restaurants and public houses.
Ian Derek Marchant is an English accountant and businessman. He was the Chief executive officer of Scottish and Southern Energy from 2002 to June 2013,and was chairman of Thames Water from 2018 to July 2023. Since 2023 he has held various positions at Morgan Advanced Materials.
Sir David Jeremy Darroch is an English businessman who was the CEO of Sky from December 2007 until becoming executive chairman in January 2021.
Ian McLeod is a Scottish businessman and sports administrator,who is formerly chief executive officer of DFI Retail Group. McLeod was a board member of the Fulham,Melbourne Victory and St Kilda football clubs,and was CEO of The Celtic Football Club in his native Scotland. McLeod is most known for his tenure as managing director of Coles Group,an Australian retail chain,between 2008 and 2014. He is credited with doubling the company's profits and returning it to profitability.
Gavin Patterson is a businessman who was President &Chief Revenue Officer of Salesforce and Chief Executive of BT Group from 2013–19.
Revenue Scotland is a non-ministerial department of the Scottish Government responsible for the administration and collection of devolved taxes in Scotland. It is accountable to the Scottish Parliament.
Kenny Baillie is a former CEO of the rugby clubs Glasgow Hawks,Glasgow Warriors and London Scottish;and a former player of Glasgow Hawks and Glasgow Warriors.
Allison Kirkby is a British businesswoman and the chief executive (CEO) BT Group. In July 2023,she was publicly named to succeed Philip Jansen as CEO of BT Group,effective 1 February 2024.
