BT CEO Gavin Patterson steps down

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
strategic changes.Patterson stepped up to the top job in 2013, replacing Ian Livingston who joined the House of Lords, having been appointed
as the managing director of BT Consumer back in 2004 and appointed to the board in 2008.During his tenure, he oversaw the launch and
and the reaction to a restructuring last month.This included job cuts and organisational changes that aimed to let BT to lead the market in
team
The broader reaction to our recent results announcement has though demonstrated to Gavin and me that there is a need for a change of
While BT is a very demanding business, with multiple stakeholders, we do have significant opportunities ahead of us
I am confident that, for the remainder of his term, Gavin and his senior management team will continue to display the energy required to
our stated ambition to reach 10m homes with ultrafast broadband by the mid-2020s have fundamentally repositioned the company