Speakers

Allison Kirkby is the Chief Executive of BT Group, the UK's leading provider of fixed and mobile telecommunications and related secure digital products, solutions and services. She was appointed in February 2024 after serving as a Non-Executive Director on the company's Board since March 2019. A deep telco and transformation expert and seasoned leader in the sector, Allison spent a decade in Scandinavia running telecoms businesses: Telia (Sweden, 2020 ' 2024); TDC (Denmark, 2018 ' 2019); and Tele2 (Sweden, 2015-2018), prior to returning to the UK. Allison qualified as a chartered management accountant while working at Guinness. She went on to broaden her financial, operational and international experience at Procter & Gamble where she spent 20 years, before entering the telecoms industry at Virgin Media in 2010. In January 2025, Allison joined the board of the GSMA, a global organisation which represents companies across the mobile ecosystem and adjacent industries, and was appointed an Adviser to the UK Government's Board of Trade in March of the same year. She is a Senior Adviser to Brookfield Asset Management, one of the world's leading investment firms with ~ $1trillion under management, having been a Non-Executive Director until March 2025. Previously, she was Chair of the Audit Committee and a Non-Executive Director of Greggs, the much-loved British bakery chain, until May 2019.