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Adam Crozier. Sir Jan Petrus du Plessis (born 22 January 1954 [1]) is a British-South African businessman. He was the non-executive chairman of BT Group, [2] and the former non-executive chairman of Rio Tinto Group plc, [3] and a former non-executive director of the Lloyds TSB Group. [4] Du Plessis was placed tenth in The Times 2006 Power 100 ...
- Businessman
- South African / British - dual citizenship
When Jan du Plessis was appointed chairman of Rio Tinto in 2009 the venerable mining house was at a low ebb.. The Anglo-Australian company was struggling to service huge debt and its shareholders ...
Mar 1, 2021 · Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Jan du Plessis will retire as BT’s chairman after less than four years in the role, having replaced the ...
City veteran Sir Jan du Plessis was nominated in December by the government to lead the FRC, which has been without a permanent chair since May 2020 when former Goldman Sachs banker Simon ...
- Michael O’Dwyer
Oliver Shah. Sunday January 02 2022, 12.01am, The Sunday Times. A t the end of a difficult year when he was, in effect, ousted as chairman of BT, Jan du Plessis was looking forward to a winter ...
Sir Jan du Plessis. Chairman, Financial Reporting Council & Former Chairman, BT Group. Sir Jan du Plessis was appointed as Chair of the Financial Reporting Council in February 2022. The FRC is the body that regulates the auditing, accounting and actuarial professions, and sets the UK’s Corporate Governance and Stewardship Codes.
Jan 5, 2022 · Niamh Corbett. 5 January 2022. 7 min read. Sir Jan du Plessis is the former chair of RHM, British American Tobacco (BAT), Rio Tinto, and SABMiller, as well as BT. He has been nominated by the UK government to be the next chair of the Financial Reporting Council through its transformation into the Audit, Reporting, and Governance Authority.
