LONDON, March 6 (Reuters) - BT denied any
"misalignment" between board and management on Saturday after
Sky News said that CEO Philip Jansen had indicated he might
resign unless it replaced its chairman.
The British broadband and mobile telecoms operator said on
Monday that Jan du Plessis, who was appointed chairman in
November 2017, had informed the board of his intention to retire
once a successor has been appointed.
"The chairman throughout his tenure has demonstrated strong
leadership ... been extremely supportive of management and any
suggestion that he has impeded the transformation of BT is
without foundation," BT said in a statement on Saturday.
"There has been no misalignment between the board and
executive management over the company's strategy," BT added
On Friday Sky News reported that Jansen, who joined BT as
CEO in 2019, had told fellow directors he was frustrated with
the speed at which it was taking key strategic decisions.
Jansen indicated that he was prepared to resign unless a new
chairman who could accelerate the pace of change was appointed,
Sky News said, citing several people close to the company.
(Reporting by Paul Sandle;
Editing by Alexander Smith)