Re Directorate

British Telecommunications PLC
25 September 2000


               BT ANNOUNCES BOARD CHANGES
                            
BT today announced that Sir Anthony Greener, chairman of

University for Industry Ltd, and former chairman of

Diageo plc, will join the board as a non-executive

director from  October 1, 2000.

        It is intended that he will become joint deputy

chairman from January 1, 2001 and succeed Lord Marshall

as deputy chairman from the date of the BT annual general

meeting in 2001.

        Lord Marshall will retire from the BT board at

the end of the 2001 AGM.

        BT also announced that Keith Oates will retire as

a non-executive director on December 31, 2000.

        Sir Iain Vallance, chairman of BT, said: 'I am

delighted that Sir Anthony Greener is joining the BT

board.  His vast experience in managing major

international organisations will be invaluable to BT as

we continue both to expand our global activities and to

complete our transformation into a new wave internet and

multimedia business.  I am particularly pleased that Sir

Anthony has agreed to become BT's deputy chairman in

succession to Lord Marshall.'

                  
        He continued:'Colin Marshall joined the BT board

in April, 1995 and became deputy chairman from  January

1, 1996.  His contribution, both to the board's

consideration of BT's strategy and some of the major

challenges we faced, and as the chairman of the company's

audit and remuneration committees, cannot be

overestimated.  He has also always been available when

needed to provide sound advice and guidance for the

board.'

        'The board also wants to thank Keith Oates for

his valuable contribution since he joined on June 1,

1994.  In addition to the time he has devoted to the

board, Keith has also had a significant involvement in

the work of BT's principal board committees.  We wish him

all the best for the future.'


BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS

Sir Anthony Greener became chairman of University for
Industry (Ufi) Ltd, a Government initiative for lifelong
learning, in June, 2000. He was formerly chairman of
Diageo plc, following the merger of Grand Metropolitan
plc and Guinness plc in December, 1997.
He joined the Guinness board as non-executive director in
September 1986.  He was appointed an executive director
of United Distillers in October, 1987, as managing
director with responsibility for the total spirits
business of the Guinness Group.  He was appointed chief
executive of Guinness plc in January 1992, and chairman
and chief executive one year later.
Sir Anthony's early career was spent in marketing with
the Unilever group.  In 1972 he joined Alfred Dunhill as
retail controller and, in 1974, was appointed to the
board, becoming managing director the following year at
the age of 34.  He was appointed chief executive of
Dunhill Holdings when it was formed in 1981.
Sir Anthony was a member of the board of Louis Vuitton
Moet Hennessy (LVMH) from 1989 to 1997. He was non-
executive director of Reed International from 1990 to
1998, and of Reed Elsevier from 1993 to 1998.
He was appointed chairman of the CBI employment committee
in July, 1998. He is also a member of the CBI President's
committee.
He is 60, and married with two children. He was educated
at Marlborough College. His principal leisure interests
are ski-ing and sailing.