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She later became BT's director of strategy and regulatory affairs. [6] On 1 April 2011 she was made chief executive of their Openreach division; Openreach had been formed in 2006. [7] [8] In that position, she spearheaded and oversaw the £2.5 billion rollout of fibre broadband (BT Infinity service) to two thirds of the UK. [6]
Garner became chief executive of BT's infrastructure division Openreach in February 2014. [7] During his tenure superfast broadband coverage exceeded 90%. [ 8 ] He left the company in April 2016 to become chief executive of Nationwide Building Society .
In August 2023, BT Group announced Kirkby as its new Chief Executive Officer as of February 1st, 2024. [6] Kirkby will be the first woman to hold the position. [2] As chief executive, Kirkby will be responsible for the £15 billion rollout of fibre broadband to 25 million homes by 2026 and the cutting up to 55,000 jobs by 2030. [6]
An Openreach engineer working on the "Superfast West Yorkshire" project in Wetherby (2014) at a manhole. Following the Telecommunications Strategic Review (TSR), in September 2005 British Telecom signed undertakings with Ofcom to create a separate division, for the purpose of providing equal access to BT’s local access network and backhaul products. [3]
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BT Group's Chief Executive Gavin Patterson will step down this year after its chairman said a new leader was needed to restructure Britain's biggest broadband and mobile provider. Patterson, who ...
During his tenure as CEO of BT Group, an industrial dispute began with the CWU due to pay and working conditions. [7] This led to a strike ballot where 91.5% of BT, 95.8% of Openreach and 95.5% of EE CWU members who took part in the ballot voted to strike. [8] During the dispute, some employees and commentators referred to him as “Foodbank ...