Dan Fitz, general counsel at BT Group, will step down in April but will continue as company secretary remaining on the executive committee. He will be replaced by Sabine Chalmers who joins from brewing company Anheuser-Busch InBev. Ms Chalmers joined InBev in 2005 as chief legal officer from drinks rival Diageo and was involved in Interbrew and AmBev’s merger to form the world’s largest brewer. She also serves as a non-executive director at beauty company Coty and on the board of the UK’s Royal National Theatre.

Forefront of management

Mr Fitz is one of the most prominent senior in-house lawyers in Europe, joining BT from Cable & Wireless which was going through a difficult time. He has been at the forefront of management and technology developments in the legal marketplace and was awarded a leadership award at the Global Legal Post's GC Futures event last year.