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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jasper Jolly

BT begins search for new CEO to lead cost-cutting programme

Philip Jansen, chief executive of BT, at his home in Chiswick, London
Philip Jansen, the chief executive of BT, revealed in May plans to cut up to 55,000 jobs at the group by 2030. Photograph: Sophia Evans/The Observer

BT has started the search for a successor to its chief executive, Philip Jansen, as the telecoms company prepares for a major cost-cutting programme.

The FTSE 100 company has hired headhunting firm Spencer Stuart to look for a new chief executive to take over from Jansen.

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