FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Report of Foreign Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
March 21 2005
BRITISH ENERGY GROUP PLC
(Registrant's name)
3 Redwood Crescent
Peel Park
East Kilbride G74 5PR
Scotland
(Address of principal executive offices)
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reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
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Exhibit Index
The following document (bearing the exhibit number listed below) is furnished
herewith and is made a part of this Report pursuant to the General Instructions
for Form 6-K:
Exhibit Description
No. 1 RNS Announcement, re: 'Directorate Change' dated 21 March 2005
21 March 2005
BRITISH ENERGY
BOARD CHANGE
British Energy Group plc announces that Mike Alexander has stepped down as Chief
Executive and resigned as a Director of the company. Bill Coley, previously a
non-executive Director, is being appointed as Chief Executive.
Adrian Montague, Chairman of British Energy, said:
"We would like to record our appreciation to Mike Alexander for seeing the
company through our complex and difficult restructuring. Now that he has
re-listed the company and laid the groundwork for the operational and cultural
rebuilding of British Energy, he has decided to seek a new challenge elsewhere.
We are fortunate that Bill Coley has taken on this challenge as he has
outstanding qualities for the job."
Bill Coley was appointed as a non-executive director in June 2003 and is
Chairman of the company's Nuclear Performance Review Committee. That year, he
retired from the Board of Directors of Duke Energy and as Group President of
Duke Power, a regulated power generation, transmission and distribution division
of the major US utility where he had a 37-year career. Bill Coley, who has a
BSc in Electrical Engineering, started his career with Duke as a junior engineer
at the Marshall Steam Station in 1966. After holding a range of engineering and
operating positions in Duke, he became Senior Vice President, Power Delivery in
1988. He was elected to Duke Power's Board of Directors in 1990, and was Group
President of Duke Power from 1997 to February 2003. He is also a non-executive
director of Peabody Energy and CT Communications Inc. (both publicly traded
companies).
Contact:
Andrew Dowler 020 7831 3113 (Media Enquiries)
John Searles 01506 408 715 (Investor Relations)
Notes to editors
1.No further details remain to be disclosed under chapter 16.4 of the FSA
Listing Rules
2.Statements relating to output forecasts and the Performance Improvement
Programme contained in the Prospectus issued on 29 November 2004 remain valid.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Date: 21 March 2005 BRITISH ENERGY GROUP PLC
By:____John Searles____
Name: John Searles
Title: Director - Investor Relations