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Chief Executive succession process
Chief Executive succession process.
About this update from Bt Group Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n \n10 July 2023\nChief Executive succession process\n \nThe board of directors (the \"Board\") of BT Group plc ('BT Group\") announces that Chief Executive Philip Jansen has informed the Board that at an appropriate moment over the next 12 months he intends to step down from his role.\nIn preparation for this, the Nominations Committee of the Board has been conducting a formal succession process.\nAdam Crozier, BT Group Chairman said: \"Philip has done an excellent job in his time at BT and the Board is fully supportive of our long-term strategy which he and his team are pursuing. Whilst we are still in the early years of that transformation we are on track to deliver.\nThe succession process to replace Philip is something that the Board was well prepared for. All appropriate candidates are being considered and we expect to be able to update the market on progress over the course of the summer. In the meantime, it is business as usual, and we are focused on executing our plans and delivering for all our stakeholders.\"\nPhilip Jansen, Group Chief Executive said: \"We've made a lot of progress over the last four and half years and I'm proud of what we've achieved to date. We're investing heavily in both BT's and the UK's future. We're building like fury, have now passed over 11m homes with fibre, have got 5G service to 68% of the country and our customer service is much improved. This is creating a much stronger BT Group which is starting to drive growth for both investors and the UK. But there's a lot more to do and I am fully committed to driving the business forward until I hand over to my successor.\"\n \n- Ends -\n \n Enquiries\n\n\n\nPress office:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTom Engel\n\n\nTel: +44 7947 711 959\n\n\n\n\nRichard Farnsworth\n\n\nTel: +44 7734 776 317\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInvestor relations:\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nMark Lidiard\n\n\nTel: 0800 389 4909\n\n\n\n \n \nAbout BT Group\nBT Group is the UK's leading provider of fixed and mobile telecommunications and related secure digital products, solutions and services. We also provide managed telecommunications, security and network and IT infrastructure services to customers across 180 countries.\nBT Group consists of three customer-facing units: Consumer serves individuals an...