March 17 (Reuters) - BT Group is set to appoint SimonLowth, former chief financial officer at gas producer BG Group,as its new finance chief, Sky News reported on Thursday.
BT is expected to announce the move on Friday and Lowth willjoin the British telecoms group in the summer, Sky News said. (http://bit.ly/1LtawuL)
BG Group said last year that Lowth would leave the companyonce its takeover deal by Royal Dutch Shell isconcluded.
BT was ordered last month by industry watchdog Ofcom to giveits rivals greater access to its infrastructure to help improvehigh-speed broadband coverage, in an effort to avoid a break-upof the former monopoly group.
BT and Royal Dutch Shell were not immediately available forcomment. (Reporting by Parikshit Mishra in Bengaluru; Editing by SusanFenton)