BT boss takes home £5.6m as pay and bonus package more than doubles
Key takeaways
- The chief executive of BT saw her pay and bonus package more than double last year to £5.6m, the biggest pay award to a boss of the telecoms company in more than a decade.
- Allison Kirkby, who stepped up from the board to take the helm in February 2024, received a pay, bonus and share award package of £5.58m for the year to the end of March.
- It is the largest remuneration package awarded to a BT boss since Ian Livingston received £9.4m in 2012-13.
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Allison Kirkby became chief executive of BT in February 2024. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images View image in fullscreen Allison Kirkby became chief executive of BT in February 2024. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images Executive pay and bonuses BT boss takes home £5.6m as pay and bonus package more than doubles Allison Kirkby pocketed the payment after BT’s share price surged nearly 80%
Prefer the Guardian on Google. The chief executive of BT saw her pay and bonus package more than double last year to £5.6m, the biggest pay award to a boss of the telecoms company in more than a decade.
Allison Kirkby, who stepped up from the board to take the helm in February 2024, received a pay, bonus and share award package of £5.58m for the year to the end of March.