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Ben Verwaayen was appointed to the BT Board on 14 January 2002 and became Chief Executive on 1 February 2002. He chairs the Operating Committee.
Ben Verwaayen was formerly vice chairman of the management board of Lucent Technologies in the USA from October 1999. He joined Lucent in September 1997 as executive vice president international and became chief operating officer the following month. Prior to joining Lucent Ben Verwaayen worked for KPN in the Netherlands for nine years as president and managing director of its telecoms subsidiary PTT Telecom. From 1975 to 1988 he worked for ITT in Europe. He is a member of the advisory council of ING. A Dutch national he is aged 53.
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