How BT’s ‘no nonsense’ first female chief helped turn company around
The firm’s share price has risen 80% under Allison Kirkby’s leadership – but pressure remains for her to deliver further growth If timing is everything, then Allison Kirkby may have judged it perfectly. Since becoming BT’s first female chief executive more than two years ago the company’s share price has climbed 80%, an investor-pleasing turnaround that has seen Kirkby well-rewarded with a pay and bonus package of £5.6m last year , the largest for a boss of the telecoms company in well over a d…
