BT Picks Telia’s Allison Kirkby as CEO to Tackle Stock Slump (2)

Telia Co AB boss Allison Kirkby is taking the helm at BT Group Plc, assuming the role of chief executive officer from Philip Jansen.

Kirkby will join Britain’s challenged former state monopoly — its biggest broadband network operator — around the end of January at the latest, BT said in a statement on Monday.

Kirkby said in a statement that she is “fully supportive” of BT’s strategy. She had been rumored as a contender to head London-based BT for years and joined its board in 2019. She’ll get the same salary as her predecessor, which has been held ...