George Jefferson

Sir George Jefferson (26 March 1921 – 1 September 2012) was a British aeronautical engineer, and the first chairman of British Telecom (BT); he was largely responsible for its privatisation in 1984. Early life He attended a grammar school in north-west Kent, leaving at the age of 16. Career Second World War He was commissioned as an officer in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps (RAOC), later joining REME. For the latter stages of the war he worked in government research, developing automated anti-aircraft weapons.