BT Group Chairman Jan du Plessis Plans to Retire This Year

  • Du Plessis recruited BT CEO Jansen from Worldpay in 2018
  • BT role followed chairman stints at Rio Tinto and SABMiller
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BT Group Plc Chairman Jan du Plessis will retire this year after two decades helming the boards of FTSE 100 companies.

Britain’s biggest phone company will now start the search for a successor and du Plessis, 67, will retire once one has been appointed, it said in a statementBloomberg Terminal Monday. He doesn’t hold any other directorships.