 Jan du Plessis

Jan Petrus du Plessis (born 22 January 1954) is the non-executive chairman of BT Group, and is the former non-executive Chairman of Rio Tinto Group plc, and a former non-executive director of the Lloyds TSB Group.Du Plessis was placed tenth in "The Times" 2006 Power 100, a list which rates the most powerful people in British business.