{"id":20434,"date":"2026-02-10T08:12:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T08:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=20434"},"modified":"2026-02-10T08:12:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T08:12:41","slug":"milligan-to-succeed-selley-as-openreach-ceo-daily-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=20434","title":{"rendered":"Milligan to succeed Selley as Openreach CEO \u2013 Daily Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kate-Milligan-for-DB-website.png\" alt=\"Katie Milligan (Terry Murden)\" class=\"wp-image-157781 lazyload\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1134\" height=\"835\" src=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kate-Milligan-for-DB-website.png\" alt=\"Katie Milligan (Terry Murden)\" class=\"wp-image-157781 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kate-Milligan-for-DB-website.png 1134w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kate-Milligan-for-DB-website-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kate-Milligan-for-DB-website-1024x754.png 1024w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kate-Milligan-for-DB-website-768x566.png 768w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kate-Milligan-for-DB-website-600x442.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1134px) 100vw, 1134px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Katie Milligan: new role (pic: Terry Murden \/ DB Media Services)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Katie Milligan, who has helped steer Openreach operations from Glasgow, has been appointed chief executive of the full fibre telecoms company.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Ms Milligan, currently deputy CEO, will take over from Clive Selley who becomes CEO of BT International, replacing Bas Burger.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The transition takes place on 1 April and caps the rise of Ms Milligan who has steered the company\u2019s commercial strategy and secured landmark wholesale pricing agreements.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Mr Selley\u2019s leadership at Openreach has driven significant progress in the full fibre broadband build, connecting over 21 million homes and businesses. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Allison Kirkby, BT Group chief executive, said: \u201cOpenreach is a critical national asset \u2013 the digital backbone of the UK \u2013 and a key driver of BT Group\u2019s long?term value. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cKatie has helped shape that success. Her deep industry experience, strong people leadership and sharp operational instincts make her the right leader to take Openreach forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cClive\u2019s contribution at the helm of Openreach has been exceptional. His leadership \u2013 particularly the scale, pace and quality of the full fibre broadband build, has set new standards for our industry. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cClive\u2019s lasting legacy is a world-class digital infrastructure that will serve the UK for generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Ms Milligan has been instrumental in Openreach\u2019s return to revenue and EBITDA growth\u00a0and\u00a0reshaped the company\u2019s commercial strategy through major product and pricing innovations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">This\u00a0included\u00a0landmark wholesale pricing agreements such as\u00a0Equinox and 112 \u2013 and she has\u00a0strengthened long-term\u00a0partnerships with hundreds of communications providers\u00a0across the UK.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">She joined BT Group in 2004 on its graduate programme, developing deep commercial and operational\u00a0expertise\u00a0across a range of senior leadership roles. She\u00a0then\u00a0moved to Openreach in 2009 and has held positions including Commercial Director\u00a0and\u00a0Chief Commercial Officer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>See also:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Interview: Katie Milligan<\/p>\n<p><!-- Simple Share Buttons Adder (8.5.3) simplesharebuttons.com -->           \t            <\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n fbq('init', '1192059580980274'); \nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script>#Milligan #succeed #Selley #Openreach #CEO #Daily #Business<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Katie Milligan: new role (pic:&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[266,529,12456,265,12457,12459,12458,12461,12460],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20434"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}