When BT Business was officially launched in April this year, Bas Burger was the man entrusted to take the reigns. He’s in charge of 24,000 people, and a multi-billion pound strategy to make the UK’s broadband infrastructure fit for the future. In this episode we talk about:

·      Why BT Business had to be created and why he wanted the top job

·      Why a CEO should “ask questions and not give answers for as long as you can”

·      The challenges it faces to make the UK prepared for the AI revolution

·      Why every company’s a digital company and what that means for technology demand

·      How Canadian ice hockey legend Wayne Gretsky’s influenced his strategy

·      The importance of knowing “what’s not going to happen” in the future

·      Why the UK’s “arguably” fallen behind Europe in digital communication

·      How he was first made a CEO at the age of 31, and how fast he had to learn

·      Why as a student he spent all his money on a plane trip from the Netherlands to the UK to get his first ever job

For more business interviews, news and analysis go to standard.co.uk/business, or pick up the Evening Standard newspaper.

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