BT PLC chairman Iain Vallance stepped down yesterday under pressure from shareholders, paving the way for radical measures to tackle the company's debt crisis. Christopher Bland, head of public ...

The new chairman will also need to manage the expectations of BT’s new biggest shareholder, the billionaire owner of Sotheby’s auction house, Patrick Drahi, who bought a 12.1% stake in June.

The former chairman of telecoms giant BT and the Government’s preferred choice to chair the UK’s accounting watchdog has received a knighthood in the New Year Honours list. Jan du Plessis is honoured ...

Earlier this year, when rumours spread that BT chairman Jan du Plessis was at war with his chief executive, the company waited a week, then issued a mealy-mouthed stock market statement only ...

But then I met Sir Mike Rake, the BT chairman, and I was not so certain. When I said going for football TV rights (last year BT bought the ability to show 38 Premier League games a season and has ...

SO BT needs a new chairman (or woman), and it is far from obvious who the candidates might be. It’s a tricky job, perhaps unlike any other in the FTSE, given the range of requirements and just how ...

The former chairman of telecoms giant BT and the Government’s preferred choice to chair the UK’s accounting watchdog has received a knighthood in the New Year Honours list. Jan du Plessis is ...