Directorship Changes

British Telecommunications PLC
6 October 2000


                  ROBERT BRACE DECIDES TO LEAVE BT

 BT's group finance director, Robert Brace, today announced that he
 has decided to leave BT and step down from the Board after more
 than 11 years with the company.  He will be replaced by Philip
 Hampton.

           Robert Brace, 50, said: 'I have been group finance
 director of BT during some of the most exciting and challenging
 times in the history of the company.

             'I have enjoyed myself immensely during this period.
 However, I would like a change and I am planning to live and work
 in North America.'

             Sir Peter Bonfield, BT's chief executive, said:
 'Robert has been a key member of the BT management team for 11
 years. We have worked closely together over the past four years,
 and he has given me tremendous support as we have endeavoured to
 change the shape of BT into a growth business. He leaves with my
 best wishes.

            'I am pleased to announce the appointment of Philip
 Hampton as Robert's successor.  He brings a range of skills and
 experience to the challenges ahead, and I look forward to working
 with him and welcoming him to our team.'

             Philip Hampton, who is currently group finance director
 of the BG Group, will take up his position and join the BT Board
 with effect from November 1, and Robert Brace will leave in
 December.

            Philip Hampton said: 'I am delighted to be joining BT as
 group finance director.  I have great admiration for the company
 and look forward to working with Sir Peter and his team.'


    BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS:

    Philip Hampton, 47, is a board member of BG Group with
 responsibility for the company's finance. He joined the
 auditors Coopers & Lybrand, London, in 1975, and worked in
 corporate finance, mainly on mergers and acquisitions and capital
 markets. In 1986 he was seconded to Lazard Freres, New York, and
 worked extensively also with Lazard Freres in Paris. In 1987,
 Philip Hampton was appointed executive director of Lazard
 Brothers. From 1990, he worked for British Steel plc, becoming
 executive director for finance in 1991. He took up his current
 appointment in July, 1996. Philip Hampton graduated from Lincoln
 College, Oxford, where he gained an MA in English in 1975. He
 qualified as a chartered accountant in 1978 and is an Associate of
 the Institute of Chartered Accountants. He attended INSEAD in
 Fontainebleau, France, in 1980, gaining an MBA. He lives in Surrey
 with his wife and two sons. His interests include history, sailing
 and skiing.