BT Technology people movements, March 2020

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BT Technology people movements, March 2020
Company	Executive	Activity	Details
Technology	Shiv Dadhich	Departure	Shiv Dadhich, BT’s Head of Technology Procurement for Cloud & Security Solutions, joined Verizon Communications. He is now Global Category Sourcing Manager for Verizon’s IT Services & Cyber Security category.
	Mona Ghassemian	New role	Mona Ghassemian, Principal Research Scientist at BT Technology, was named The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ UK & Ireland Sector Chair. She moves up from the Vice‑Chair seat she has held since 2018.
	Alex Leadbeater	Appointment	Alex Leadbeater, Head of Global Obligations, Futures & Standards at BT, was named Chair of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute’s Industry Specification Group on Securing Artificial Intelligence. Kate Reed, of the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre, and Huawei Technologies’ Head of AI Security Tieyan Li were appointed Vice‑Chairs.

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