Chair: Mr. Chris Bruce BT Openzone CEO

Chris is responsible for managing BT's Public WiFi Service, Openzone. In 2009, Chris joined the Board of the Wireless Broadband Alliance and in 2008 joined BT's East of England Regional Board.

Chris has over 20 years' experience of the Telecommunications industry in a range of General management, Product, Marketing and Sales Channel management roles. He has been with BT since 1991 and has he been responsible for business growth in the international data comms, mobile, internet hosting, global voice and now wireless broadband sectors.

Most recently he spent a 12 month secondment with the British Government (DTI), responsible for managing the Government's Broadband Britain programme. Prior to this, he was Vice President, Channel and Distribution for BT's pan European Applications Hosting business and was a Board Director of Inet Spa (a publicly quoted Italian Hosting business of which BT was a major shareholder). In 1998 he was Sales & Marketing Director of Telfort Business Mobile (The Netherlands), launching the first 1800 GSM service in Holland and was previously Executive Assistant to BT's Chief Executive.

Prior to BT, Chris held a number of positions in Product Marketing with Ericsson Business Systems, Ascom and CASE Communications PLC.

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