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BT chief to join government

June 20, 2013 19:00

ByMarcus Dysch, Marcus Dysch

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BT chief executive Ian Livingston is to become trade minister, Prime Minister David Cameron has announced.

Mr Livingston, 48, will be given a peerage and will take on the ministerial role at the start of 2014.

Glasgow-born Mr Livingston has spent five years running BT and has overseen substantial investment in the company.