Peter Leukert shall be employed as Chief Digital Officer by BT, the place he shall be in command of spearheading the corporate’s digital transformation and managing BT’s Digital part. At the moment serving as Group Chief Info Officer at Deutsche Telekom, Peter will report back to Chief Govt Allison Kirkby as a member of the Govt Committee.
The core of BT’s modernization and reinvention is its Digital division. As we drastically digitize and streamline our inside and customer-facing techniques and processes to profit all of our stakeholders, it’s important to the audacious buyer experience-led change that’s at the moment going down. With a purpose to turn out to be essentially the most dependable hyperlink between individuals, enterprise, and society, our Digital Unit additionally serves as a catalyst for digital considering and the combination of information and AI into all elements of our operations.
Since 2017, Peter has served as Group Chief Info Officer at Deutsche Telecom (DT), the place he has spearheaded a significant and fruitful transformation of the corporate’s digital and IT platforms, items, and providers. He has additionally performed a significant function within the buyer experience-driven transformation that has fueled DT’s current enlargement. In Germany and the US, he has beforehand labored for Commerzbank, McKinsey & Co., and the New York Inventory Alternate.
BT CEO Allison Kirkby acknowledged: “I am thrilled to have Peter be a part of BT. He joins the corporate at a pivotal second as we put money into the highest fastened and cell networks within the UK and overhaul our enterprise processes to considerably improve customer support.
Peter Leukert expressed his pleasure at becoming a member of BT. I’m very desperate to get began since I consider that the prospect to streamline and alter BT’s operations would improve buyer outcomes and promote long-term firm success.
Along with his duties as Chief Networks and Safety Officer, Howard Watson will proceed to supervise the Digital Unit till Peter joins BT in September.
