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	Christopher Bland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On June 29, 1972 it was announced that Bland was to become Deputy Chairman of the Independent Television Authority (later the Independent Broadcasting Authority) for a term from July 1, 1972 to July 31, 1976.
		Bland retained his involvement in politics and was critical of changes made by Margaret Thatcher to Conservative Central Office staff shortly after her election as Leader in 1975.
		Bland has held other public sector roles: as chairman of the Private Finance Panel from 1995 to 1996 and as a member of the Prime Minister's Advisory Panel on the Citizen's Charter.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Christopher_Bland (514 words)

	Christopher Bland: ZoomInfo Business People Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Christopher Bland was appointed President of the newly reconstituted Isle of Wight Economic Partnership in April 2002, and has served as President and Board Director of the Isle of Wight Partnership and previously Isle of Wight Regeneration Partnership from November 1996.
		Christopher has a role as Her Majesty's Lord Lieutenant of the Isle of Wight, to which he was appointed in 1995.
		Christopher Bland, who succeeded Lord Mottistone as the Island link with the Royal family, is to relinquish the lieutenancy on his 70th birthday, October 8.
	www.zoominfo.com /directory/Bland_Christopher_8000755.htm (444 words)

	Brown Harris Stevens Agent Christopher T. Bland
		Christopher Bland joined Brown Harris Stevens in July of 2004 soon after graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in economics from the University of Wisconsin.
		Christopher’s affable character and natural ability to identify with others make him an extremely effective mediator and a pleasure to work with.
		During summers as an open water lifeguard quickly rising to the rank of lieutenant, Christopher developed a strong love for the ocean, and plans to always live near one.
	www.brownharrisstevens.com /agent.aspx?id=CTB (204 words)

	broadbandmag.co.uk/BT's broadband broadcast plans
		At the beginning of 2002 Sir Christopher Bland announced that BT would be entering the broadcast market and said that he could envisage BT becoming an integrated media company - one that would make, aggregate and broadcast television content.
		Sir Christopher's updated statement that 'We are more likely to focus on distribution rather than creation or ownership of broadcast content' is a return to reality.
		Luckily for Sir Christopher, the technical barriers to BT expanding its broadband numbers and setting up the fabled 'triple-play' of voice, data and video services for its subscribers are falling fast.
	www.broadbandmag.co.uk /analysis/jan_feb_02/BT.htm (824 words)

	Interview: Sir Christopher Bland \| \| Guardian Unlimited Business
		The Bland Law of Lists includes keeping those for work and home separate, although after giving it some thought, he concedes: "You can probably have a list of lists." But being asked what his current list contains, the former BBC chairman says, is "like being put in the psychiatrist's chair".
		Sir Christopher admits that this one, written a few years ago, is "not a good list" as "with a good list you have some chance of ticking all the things off".
		Bland himself has completed an advanced evening course, spending three hours a week for 10 weeks learning how to prepare a three-course meal.
	business.guardian.co.uk /story/0,,1706537,00.html?gusrc=rss (1738 words)

	BBC News \| TV AND RADIO \| BBC chairman defends dual role
		Sir Christopher has been appointed the new chair of BT but will remain as BBC chairman until a successor is found.
		Sir Christopher denied that an impending general election was one of the reasons he had been asked to stay in place.
		Sir Christopher was appointed by John Major as chairman of the BBC in 1996 after a distinguished career in broadcasting.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/1298669.stm (527 words)

	Sky News Transcripts \| Transcript
		SIR CHRISTOPHER BLAND: We are providers of content, but we are not commissioners of content. We are not going to have our own network, we are not going to have our own shares, we are not going to have BT branded programmes, at least for the foreseeable future.
		SIR CHRISTOPHER BLAND: Not at all, no. It is all part of the package, and to attribute any part of the package is a mistake. But to say one part of the package is free is a nonsense.
		SIR CHRISTOPHER BLAND: I think that is a matter or the Government and the BBC. I think anything over the rate of inflation would be remarkable in today’s rather strained times. And I suspect that, although I am not at all close to it, that around inflation is exactly what they will get.
	www.skynewstranscripts.co.uk /transcript.asp?id=285 (683 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Archive Search
		As chairman of the BBC and former chairman of LWT, Sir Christopher Bland was already a force to be reckoned with in the broadcasting industry.
		BT hopes to cut its debt burden to £15bn by next year, and Sir Christopher lost no time ordering a series of asset sales and giving the green light to a record-breaking £5.9bn share issue.
		However, Sir Christopher's strategic trump card is launching BT as a rival to the UK's cable companies.
	www.guardian.co.uk /Archive/Article/0,4273,4211646,00.html (223 words)

	Sir Christopher Bland - The London Speaker Bureau
		Sir Christopher became Chairman of the Royal Shakespeare Company on 18 May 2004 and is the Chairman and major shareholder in Leithâs School of Food & Wine and Canongate Publishing.
		Sir Christopher Bland has extensive media experience, both of the industry and as a regulator.
		Sir Christopher Bland became Chairman of printers and publishers Sir Joseph Causton and Sons from 1977 to 1985; he was Chairman of the Century Hutchinson Group from 1984 to 1989; a director of National Provident Institution from 1978 to 1988; and a director of Storehouse plc from 1988 to 1993.
	www.londonspeakerbureau.co.uk /speakers/viewSpeaker.aspx?speakerid=352 (354 words)

	Techworld.com - Storage News - BT's Bland slams Sarbanes-Oxley cost
		BT's chairman, Sir Christopher Bland, has publicly denounced the cost of complying with the new Sarbanes-Oxley legislation, brought into law in the US following the Enron, WorldCom and other accounting scandals.
		BT is reluctantly spending £10 million on Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and wishes it didn't have to, Bland told the Financial Times.
		Bland reckons a split between the chairman and CEO role would be a far more cost-effective way of preventing accounting scandals.
	www.techworld.com /storage/news/index.cfm?NewsID=2673 (901 words)

	Judge Business School: News & Events - In the Spotlight - Sir Christopher Bland
		Last week, we had the honour to host Sir Christopher Bland whose lecture explored the turbulent recent history of BT and gave us an insight on where the company is going in terms of services, technology and business models.
		Having worked in the telecoms industry in the UK for five years before joining the MBA, it was a pleasure to be able to listen and interact with one of the most influential leaders in the industry.
		The session concluded with questions from the audience on key challenges for BT in the future in terms of technology, competition and regulation which were very skilfully answered by Sir Christopher.
	www.jbs.cam.ac.uk /news/spotlight/2005/dec_speaker_bland.html (301 words)

	BBC News \| FORUM \| Sir Christopher Bland quizzed
		Sir Christopher Bland, who has been BBC Chairman since 1996 will take over at BT almost immediately - but says he will stay in his post at the Corporation until a successor is appointed.
		Sir Christopher takes over at BT at a time when the company is facing serious difficulties.
		I hope that Sir Christopher will realise that public perception and consumer confidence is at an all-time low and that he will address this.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/talking_point/forum/1297772.stm (1840 words)

	Bland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tony Bland, an injured person who was the subject of a notable court case
		Bland County, a Virginia county whose county seat is the unincorporated community of Bland
		Bland Ballard, an 18th century soldier from Kentucky
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bland (163 words)

	» People » Sir Christopher Bland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Sir Christopher Bland joined BT as Chairman in May 2001.
		Additionally, Sir Christopher was Chairman of printers and publishers Sir Joseph Causton and Sons from 1977 to 1985; he was Chairman of the Century Hutchinson Group; a director of National Provident Institution; and a director of Storehouse plc.
		Sir Christopher has a keen interest in health issues and was Chairman of the Hammersmith and Queen Charlotte’s Hospitals Special Health Authority from 1982 to 1994 and of Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust from 1994 to 1997.
	www.warburgpincus.com /people/profiles/european_advisors/bland_christopher.html (202 words)

	CNN.com - Transcripts
		OWEN: Sir Christopher Bland, John Snow, who often sits in this chair on this program, said there but for the grace of God could have gone any of us in terms of journalists.
		BLAND: I think those rules already exist, and what happened in this case was most of the rules were not followed.
		BLAND: Well, luckily there are two years for that process to take place, and at the moment there is still a huge amount of heat and fallout from Hutton.
	archives.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0402/01/i_c.01.html (3508 words)

	BT's Bland is new media top dog - ZDNet UK
		BT chairman Sir Christopher Bland is the sixth most powerful individual in the UK's media sector, according to Monday's edition of The Guardian.
		Bland was credited for lowering BT's debt mountain, and for making the company give broadband a much higher priority.
		Sir Christopher Gent, Adam Singer, Barclay Knapp and John Pluthero -- chief executives of Vodafone, Telewest, ntl and Freeserve respectively -- were all also included, illustrating the important role that technology and the Internet play in the world of the media.
	news.zdnet.co.uk /internet/0,1000000097,2118695,00.htm (529 words)

	Interview: Sir Christopher Bland: A knight to remember
		It's a reflection of that." Bland is an elder statesman and champion of British industry.
		Since Bland joined BT in 2001, the group has placed broadband and global IT services at the centre of its strategy for growth as revenues from its traditional fixed-line phone business have declined.
		Bland joined and installed a new chief executive, the Dutchman Ben Verwaayen, and then undertook a radical restructuring which saw the mobile business, now called O2, spun-off, jobs cut and a focus placed on growing broadband.
	www.tmcnet.com /usubmit/2006/07/24/1727913.htm (1954 words)

	RealScreen - BBC names new chairman
		After much speculation about who would replace outgoing BBC chairman Sir Christopher Bland, the British government has appointed Gavyn Davies to the post.
		Acknowledging his successor's achievement, Bland said, "[Davies'] appointment is significant because he is the first BBC chairman to be selected under the open process of Nolan rules by an independent panel, and not politicians.
		Bland, who was BBC chairman from April 1996 to April 2001, resigned to become chairman of British Telecom.
	www.realscreen.com /articles/plus/20010920/bbcchair.html (158 words)

	Telegraph \| Business \| BT shareholders take aim at Bland
		BT group chairman Sir Christopher Bland was forced to fend off stinging criticism from shareholders over pay and performance at the telecom giant's annual meeting in Edinburgh yesterday.
		Mary MacKenzie, from Scotland, took Sir Christopher to task, saying: "Your speech and annual report were full of rose-tinted verbiage and the board is full of would-be gamblers who have run up debts, buying companies while increasing their own rewards regardless.
		Sir Christopher responded by saying: "We honoured our contract and it would have been inappropriate to do otherwise." He also said of Sir Peter: "Running a business like BT is extremely difficult.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2002/07/18/cnbt18.xml (609 words)

	thePeerage.com - Mary Alice Olga Sofia Jane Lane and others
		She and Edward Christopher Hohler were divorced in July 1961 in London.
		She is the daughter of Edward Christopher Hohler and Mary Alice Olga Sofia Jane Lane.
		Richard James Christopher Bland was born on 27 February 1972 in Wimbledon, London, England.
	www.thepeerage.com /p11279.htm (1115 words)

	Christopher Bland to become adviser to buy-out firm Warburg Pincus
		Christopher Bland to become adviser to buy-out firm Warburg Pincus
		Sir Christopher Bland, former chairman of the BBC and current chairman of British Telecom, is to become an adviser to buy-out firm Warburg Pincus.
		Bland will be leveraging his expertise in the media and telecoms sectors to advise Warburg Pincus on a one or two day-a-week basis, according to the Financial Times.
	www.altassets.com /news/arc/2002/nz811.php (189 words)

	Around Europe: April 27, 2001 - Forbes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Shares of British Telecom (nyse: BT - news - people) closed down 5.2% after its chairman, Iain Vallance, stepped down and was immediately replaced by Christopher Bland, who is leaving his post as head of the BBC.
		Vallance, who joined BT when it was part of the Post Office in 1966 and helped steer it to privatization in 1984, will stay on as "president emeritus" until July 2002, when he was originally supposed to retire as chairman.
		Bland will take over the company, which has debt in excess of $43 billion, on May 1.
	www.forbes.com /2001/04/27/0427europe.html (803 words)

	CNN.com - BT's chairman Vallance steps down - Apr. 26, 2001
		Christopher Bland, chairman of state broadcaster the British Broadcasting Corp., will step into the position on May 1.
		New chairman Bland gave his backing to Bonfield saying he was the "right man" for the job.
		ABN's Downie said attention was now focused on the May 17 when BT outlines its strategy to reduce debt.
	edition.cnn.com /2001/BUSINESS/04/26/btelecom (536 words)

	BT AGM very Bland: chairman prevents war \| The Register
		And it's all due to the lumbering giant's new chairman Sir Christopher Bland.
		Sir Christopher wisely kept Sir Peter Bonfield out of the firing line; Sir Iain Vallance was also kept from view.
		Instead, he took command of the meeting with his sergeant major approach, explaining that the company's problems were down to the huge £30 billion debt it had built up.
	www.theregister.co.uk /2001/07/19/bt_agm_very_bland_chairman (601 words)

	Unstrung - Handhelds - BT's Bland Truths - Wireless Networking News Analysis
		Sir Bland, speaking at the UBS Warburg telecom conference in NYC, was asked about the speculation that BT could buy back its former mobile arm, mmO2 plc, which was originally spun off around this time last year.
		Sir Bland didn't actually say such a thing was impossible, he just seemed skeptical of the whole idea.
		Warming to his subject, Bland claimed there were sound financial reasons for not bringing the mobile company under its wing again.
	www.unstrung.com /document.asp?doc_id=24258 (651 words)

	Connected Earth: Launch
		Welcome and introduction by Sir Christopher Bland, Chairman, BT Group.
		An excerpt from Sir Christopher Bland, Chairman, BT Group, speaking at the Connected Earth launch on April 11, 2002:
		BT and its predecessors have been at the forefront of this industry throughout the development of telecoms.
	www.connected-earth.com /About/Launch/index.htm (225 words)

	BT to break up in debt-reduction bid
		Christopher Bland, who took over as BT's chairman on May 1, said he joined the company with a view to overseeing its breakup.
		BT has come under increasing pressure to reduce its massive debt, largely incurred in moves to expand the company's wireless operations and buy licenses for 3G networks.
		Bland, who is also currently chairman of the BBC on a part time basis until a successor is named, was appointed as the replacement for Sir Iain Vallance at the end of April.
	www.networkworld.com /news/2001/0510btdebt.html (1017 words)

	SiliconRepublic.com: The Friday interview: Sir Christopher Bland, BT Group
		04.08.2006 - The subject of this week's interview is Sir Christopher Bland (pictured), chairman of BT Group.
		Every dynamic economy in the world is going to have a thriving market based on competition in telecoms; in turn this requires local loop unbundling at attractive and fair prices.
		Sir Christopher Bland will be one of the high-profile speakers at the forthcoming Telecommunications and Internet Federation (TIF) annual conference at The Mansion House in Dublin on 19 October.
	www.siliconrepublic.com /news/news.nv?storyid=single6851 (378 words)

	Sir Christopher Bland’s 10 Best Reference Books - Literature - Book of Lists - Canongate Home
		Sir Christopher Bland is chairman of British Telecom and former chairman of the BBC (1996-2001).
		Read about the lineage of The McGillicuddy of the Reeks, Captain Blood who attempted to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London, The Knight of Glin, and Josephine Bland, Ireland's first woman aviator, who drank whiskey funnelled through an ear-trumpet to sustain her on her maiden flight.
		Intelligent, opinionated, entertaining reviews of the world's best - and worst - movies, with plots, stars, writers, directors and reliable star ratings.
	www.canongate.net /Lists/Literature/SirChristopherBlandS10Best (600 words)

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