By Tapan Panchal

 

LONDON--BT Group PLC (BT.A.LN) Wednesday said it has appointed Brendan Barber and Edward Astle as independent non-executive directors of Openreach, the telecommunications services company's infrastructure division.

The company said the new directors will oversee strategy, investment and service delivery at Openreach.

Mr. Barber was previously the general secretary of the Trades Union Congress and is currently the chair of employment relations service The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service. Mr. Astle is a former board member of power transmission network owner National Grid PLC (NG.LN).

 

Write to Tapan Panchal at tapan.panchal@wsj.com

 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

February 01, 2017 02:34 ET (07:34 GMT)

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