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Ben Verwaayen was appointed to the Board on 14 January 2002 and became Chief Executive on 1 February 2002. He chairs the Operating Committee. Before joining BT Group, he had been with Lucent Technologies Inc since September 1997. His position on leaving was vice chairman of the management board. Previous to this Ben was executive vice-president and chief operating officer, and before this, executive vice-president, international. Prior to joining Lucent, Ben worked for KPN in the Netherlands for nine years as president and managing director of its subsidiary PTT Telecom. From 1975 to 1988, he worked for ITT in Europe. He was appointed an independent, non-executive director of UPS in March 2005. Ben is a Dutch national aged 56 and graduated with a Master's degree in law and international politics from the State University of Utrecht, Holland. He was created an Officer of the Orange Order-Nassau in April 2006 and appointed a Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur in June of that year. He is married with a son and daughter. | 