BT appoints Allison Kirkby as new chief executive

CEO of Telia Allison Kirkby (pictured) will take over the top job at UK telco group BT from around January 2024, following the recently announced departure of current boss Philip Jansen.
Kirkby has been President and CEO of Swedish telco Telia since early 2020, and has also been a Non-Executive Director at BT Group since 2019.
She moved into the sector in 2010 initially joining Virgin Media, and then became President and CEO of TDC (2018-2020), and Tele2 AB (2015-2018). Prior to telecoms, she he