BT has confirmed that Allison Kirkby will take over from Philip Jansen as CEO from 1st February 2024.l t
The leadership succession was announced in July 2023, with BT now providing a firm date. According to the July announcement Jansen will be available to support the handover until the end of March 2024, when he intends to retire from executive life.
Kirkby has been a Non-Executive Director at BT Group since 2019 and is a Non-Executive Director and member of the Audit Committee of Brookfield Asset Management.
She said: “Our products and services have never been more important to how our customers live and work, and thanks to the investment BT is putting into digital infrastructure and in the modernisation of its services, I see us playing an even more important role going forward."