Leading Questions: Chorus CEO JB Rousselot on his plan 'to be to be as far away as possible from telecommunications' 3 Jan, 2021 07:00 PM 4 minutes to read New Chorus boss JB Rousselot: Planning to walk the Milford Track over the summer break. Photo / Supplied New Chorus boss JB Rousselot: Planning to walk the Milford Track over the summer break. Photo / Supplied France-born Jean Baptiste or "JB" Rousselot has spent much of his career in Australia, with executive roles at Telstra and the National Broadband Network (NBN). He arrived in New Zealand just over a year ago to take the reins at Chorus. His first 12 months turned out to be far more dramatic than he could ever have imagined. The Ultrafast Broadband (UFB) operator saw record use of its fibre network, and a record share price, as the pandemic drove a work-from-home boom.