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BT Group Plc has picked Adam Crozier, former chief executive of ITV Plc, as its new chairman, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.
Crozier, who’s currently chairman of Whitbread Plc, Kantar Group, and Asos Plc, is set to take up the role after the British telecommunications company announced in March that Jan du Plessis would retire, according to the person, who didn’t want to be identified because the decision isn’t public.
Crozier’s expected to step down from his role at Asos, an online fashion retailer, to focus on the new position, according to the Times, which first reported his appointment.
A spokesperson for BT said the company has “a process ongoing which is not complete†and that it doesn’t comment on board matters. The BT board has been split over the pace of changes needed at the company in the wake of du Plessis’s surprise departure. Directors were divided at the time over accelerating decisions around BT’s nationwide broadband network Openreach, as well as restructuring, and wanting more certainty around external issues such as regulation.