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Chet Patel

Position: Independent Non-Executive Director

Date of appointment to the Board

1 April 2022

Board Committees

Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Nomination Committee
Member of the Remuneration Committee

Other current appointments

With over 20 years’ commercial experience at BT Group, Chet is currently its Chief Commercial Officer and Managing Director for Commercial, Indirect, Partners and the Americas.

Chet is also a Non-Executive Advisor for Dentons and acts as a mentor for tech start-up organisations.

Past roles

Chet was a Non-Executive Director at London First between 2013 and 2017. Chet was also a non-executive member of the London Enterprise Panel between 2013 and 2016.

Prior to joining BT Group in 2006, Chet worked for Charles Schwab.

Skills and experience

• Commercial expertise in the B2B service environment, promoting growth and sales strategies
• Expertise in business technology, cyber security, business transformation, commercial and marketing
• An MBA from Henley Management College
• An honours degree in Economics & Politics from University of Leeds