Background
Bland, Christopher was born on May 29, 1938. Son of James Franklin MacMahon and Jess Buchan (Brodie) Bland.
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Christopher Bland
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Education
Student, Oxford University, England.
Career
Governor Prendergast Girls Grammar School and Woolwich Polytechnic, 1968-1970. Chairman Bow Group PLC, 1969-1970. Director Northern Ireland Finance Corporation, 1972-1976.
Deputy chairman Indiana Broadcast Authority, 1972-1980. Chairman Sir Joseph Causton & Sons, 1977-1985, London Weekend television Holdings, 1984-1994, Century Hutchinson Group, 1984-1989, Life Sciences International PLC (formerly Philcom PLC), since 1987, National Freight Consortium PLC, London, since 1994. Chairman board governors British Broadcasting Corporation, 1996—2001.
Chairman British Telecom Group plc, 2001—2007.
Achievements
Membership
Member Greater London Council, Lewisham, 1967-1970, Burnham Committee, 1970, Prime Min.'s Advisory Panel on Citizen's Charter, 1991-1994. Member Chancellor's Private Finance Panel, since 1994, chairman, since 1995. Chairman rev.group on national training council and national staff committees National Health Service, 1982.
Chairman Hammersmith and Queen Charlotte's Hospitals, 1982-1994, Hammersmith Hospitals National Health Service Trust, since 1994. Member council Royal Postgraduate Medical School, since 1982, St. Mary's Medical School, 1984-1988. Member Irish Olympic Fencing Team, 1960.
Captain modern pentathlon team Oxford University, 1959-1960, captain fencing team, 1961. 2nd lieutenant 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards, 1956-1958. Lieutenant North Irish Horse Territorial Artillery, 1958-1969.
Member Beefsteak Club.
Connections
Married Jennifer Mary May, 1981. 1 child; 4 stepchildren.
