Patterson's BT Tenure Ends After Regulator Fight, Stock's Tumble

Investors in BT Group Plc watched their investments shrink about 60 percent and decided it was enough. Chief Executive Officer Gavin Patterson, who will leave the company later this year after almost five years in charge, couldn’t reverse a share price slide that started about 2 1/2 years ago. Declining earnings, a prolonged dispute with the telecom regulator over broadband rates, network coverage and control, as well as an accounting scandal in Italy kept piling on hurdles, until the executive’s time was up.