Anthony Booth, Esq, CBE

Career: British Telecom (formerly GPO): scientific asst Res Dept PO 1957, exec engr then sr exec engr Telecom HQ 1965-71, asst staff engr Central HQ Appts 1971-74, head of section and div External Telecom Exec 1974-78, head of div Telecommunications HQ 1978-79, dir of int networks 1979-80, regnl dir London Region 1980-83, md British Telecom International 1983-91, corp dir British Telecommunications plc 1984-94, md BT Business Communications 1991-92, md BT Special Businesses and International Affairs 1992-94; chm Ericsson Ltd 1994-2002; dir RB Phusion Ltd 2001-; dir and tstee AQA (Assessment and Qualifications Alliance Ltd) 2000-06 (vice-chm 2003-06); memb: Regnl Affairs Ctee C of C and Industry 1980-84, London Regnl Ctee CBI 1982-84, Overseas Ctee CBI 1984-94; tstee AQA Pension Scheme 2006-11; govr Ealing Coll 1989-91, chm Bd of Govrs Thames Valley Univ 1992-96; memb: Bd HEFCE 1996-2001, Cncl Univ of Surrey 1998-2004, Bd of Companions CMI 1999-2006; chm: SE Regn RLSS UK 1997-2001, IOD W Surrey 1999-2002 (pres 2002-11); memb Guild of Freemen of the City of London 1982; Hon DPhil Thames Valley Univ 1995; CEng 1985, FIEE 1985, CCMI (CIMgt 1986), FRSA 1991, FInstD 1997