How BT’s ‘no nonsense’ first female chief helped turn company around

When Allison Kirkby became BT's first female chief executive more than two years ago, the company needed a turnaround. Since then, the share price has climbed eighty percent—a surge that earned her a pay package worth five point six million pounds last year, the largest for a BT boss in over a decade. According to The Guardian, however, questions remain about how much of that revival she can actually claim credit for.

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