Opinion: Networks’ succession the final piece in recasting ‘New BT’

Alex Birkhead2022-10-13T13:20:00

Source: BT

Domineering Chief Architect understood to be moving on; ironically, next stop rumoured to be IT-land. (Departure not yet officially confirmed, but follows months of rumours.) Updated to include coverage of Neil McRae’s own chronicle of his time and achievements at BT.

BT has increasingly been stifled by Networks just doing its job (really well), when BT CFUs need much more.
Harbinger, presumably, of wider technology units reorg.
Potential triumph of Digital over Networks, following intense frustration at top of BT.
Openreach, led by tech-savvy insider Clive Selley, quietly does its own converged thing to show how it can be done; delivering quarterly on transformational success BT promises for the whole Group.

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