Eric Schmidt as the CEO of Google. He has served on various other boards in academia and industry, including the Boards of Trustees for Carnegie Mellon University, Apple, Princeton University, and Mayo Clinic. Schmidt was born in Falls Church, Virginia, and grew up in Falls Church and Blacksburg, Virginia. He is one of three sons of Eleanor, who had a master's degree in psychology, and Wilson Emerson Schmidt, a professor of international economics at Virginia Tech and Johns Hopkins University, who worked at the U.S. Treasury Department during the Nixon Administration. Schmidt spent part of his childhood in Italy as a result
Broadband Stakeholder Group Executive committee is: In addition to the Executive Committee, an advisory council meets 2–3 times per year to discuss industry developments. The advisory council is made up of senior representatives from the sponsor organisations. The BSG has had four independent chairs since its creation. Its first chairman was Keith Todd, a former ICL CEO, appointed by e-Commerce Minister Douglas Alexander, who was chairman from 2002 to 2005. Upon stepping down he was replaced by Philip Graf, former Trinity Media CEO. Graf was appointed Deputy Chairman of Ofcom at the end of 2005, and the BSG operated without a chairman until