INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
worked with Patterson at Proctor Gamble and at cable operator Telewest (which merged with NTL to form Virgin Media in 2007), while former
the end of the year, but one potential stumbling block could be the lucrative share options that Jansen would likely have to forfeit should
However, it is also thought that the financial package is less important than the freedom Jansen would want at the helm.BT declined to
comment on the reports.Should Jansen turn BT down, then former EE CEO Olaf Swantee, who is now the head of Swiss mobile operator Sunrise,
and head of Belgian telco group Proximus could be the next leading candidates
Former Openreach CEO Liv Garfield and current BT Consumer CEO Marc Allera have also been previously touted.Whoever succeeds Patterson will
direction of Openreach.They will also have to oversee structural changes within the company as it focuses on mobile and convergence, with a
shift to full fibre infrastructure and 5G mobile networks on the horizon.BT has been grappling with falling business revenues, an accounting
