Published: September 15, 2025 at 9:02 am
The billionaire founder of Indian business group Bharti Enterprises has joined the board of BT after paying £3.2 billion for a 24.5% stake last year.
Sunil Bharti Mittal, also chairman of Bharti Enterprises, and Gopal Vittal, vice chairman and managing director of Bharti Airtel, will join the board of BT Group plc as non-independent non-executive directors.
Should its stake increase to 30% or more, it would be required to make an offer for the whole of BT, under UK rules.