Sir Michael Rake is Chairman of BT Group

BT Group

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 and the UK Commission for Employment and Skills

UK Commission for Employment and Skills

The UK Commission for Employment and Skills is a non-departmental public body that provides advice on skills and employment policy to the UK Government and the Devolved Administrations.-History:...

, as well as a non-executive director of Barclays PLC

Barclays plc

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, McGraw-Hill Inc

McGraw-Hill

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 and the Financial Reporting Council

Financial Reporting Council

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. He is also chairman of the private equity

Private equity

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 oversight group the Guidelines Monitoring Committee. BT pays him an annual salary of £600,000.

From May 2002 to September 2007 Rake was Chairman of KPMG International. Prior to his appointment as Chairman of KPMG International he was Chairman of KPMG in Europe and Senior Partner of KPMG in the United Kingdom. He joined KPMG in 1974, and worked in Continental Europe before transferring to the Middle East to run the practice for three years in 1986. He transferred to London

London

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 in 1989, became a member of the UK Board in 1991, had a number of leadership roles in the UK before being elected UK Senior Partner in 1998.

Rake is also a Vice President of the RNIB, a member of the Board of the TransAtlantic Business Dialogue, a member of the CBI

Confederation of British Industry

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 International Advisory Board, the Chartered Management Institute

Chartered Management Institute

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, the DTI’s US/UK Regulatory Taskforce, the Advisory Council for Business for New Europe, the Ethnic Minority Employment Taskforce, an Association Member of BUPA

Bupa

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, The School of Oriental and African Studies Advisory Board, the Advisory Board of the Judge Institute at the University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge

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, Senior Adviser for Chatham House

Chatham House

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 and the Global Advisory Board of the Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation. He was Chairman of Business in the Community from 2004-2007 and a member of the board of the Prince of Wales

Prince of Wales

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 International Business Leaders Forum from 1998 to 2007. Rake is also a Governor of Wellington College

Wellington College, Berkshire

-Former pupils:Notable former pupils include historian P. J. Marshall, architect Sir Nicholas Grimshaw, impressionist Rory Bremner, Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge, author Sebastian Faulks, language school pioneer John Haycraft, political journalist Robin Oakley, actor Sir Christopher...

 and a board member of Guards Polo Club

Guards Polo Club

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He is married with four children and five stepchildren, and was knighted in 2007. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,1000000085,39285980,00.htm