BT CEO Jansen decides his work there is done

Philip Jansen (pictured) has had enough of running BT after five years and will seek new challenges once his replacement is found.
The official press release is keen to stress what an orderly and undramatic succession process this will be, but you have to wonder how much ‘push’ versus ‘jump’ is involved. BT’s share price is at almost half the level of its 5-year peak – achieved not long after Jansen’s appointment was announced but before his first day in