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Sir David Scholey CBE, aged 67, has been a member of the Board of directors
since March 1998. He is a member of the Nominations Committee,
Remuneration Committee and Audit Committee. He is Chairman of Close
Brothers Group plc, a director of Anglo American plc and Chubb Corporation,
USA and is an advisor to UBS Warburg, Mitsubishi Corporation and IBCA-Fitch.
Sir David was formerly a director of the Bank of England and J Sainsbury Plc and
a Governor of the British Broadcasting Corporation.
Jürgen Schrempp, aged 58, has been a member of the Board of directors
since May 2000 and is a member of the Nominations Committee and
Remuneration Committee. He has been Chairman of the Board of Management
of DaimlerChrysler AG since 1998. From 1995 until 1998 he was Chairman of
the Board of Management of Daimler-Benz AG. He serves on the supervisory
board of Allianz AG and is a member of the Board of directors of the New York
Stock Exchange and Sasol Ltd. He was a member of the Supervisory Board of
Mannesmann AG until May 2000.
Senior Management
Members of the Group Executive Committee who are not also executive directors
are regarded as senior managers of the Company. As at, and for the year ended,
31 March 2003, the Group Executive Committee comprised the executive
directors, details of whom are shown above (with the exception of Arun Sarin
who joined the Group Executive Committee on 1 April 2003) and the senior
managers listed below. Bill Keever was also a member of the Group Executive
Committee until 31 December 2002 when he stepped down as Chief Executive,
Asia Region. Further details of the Group Executive Committee can also be found
under “Corporate Governance – Directors and Organisation” below.
Brian Clark, Chief Executive, Asia Pacific Region, aged 54, was appointed to
this position on 1 January 2003. He joined the Group in 1997. He is now based
in Japan, having led the Group’s Pacific Region from Sydney until his recent
move. Prior to joining the Group he was Managing Director and Chief Executive
Officer of Telkom SA Ltd, South Africa. He is also a director of National Australia
Bank Limited.
Alan Harper, Group Strategy Director, aged 46, joined Vodafone in 1995 as
Group Commercial Director and he subsequently became Managing Director of
Vodafone Limited, the UK network operating company. He was appointed Group
Strategy Director in July 2000. Prior to joining the Group he held the post of
Business Strategy Director with Mercury One2One and senior roles with Unitel
and STC Telecoms. He is also a member of the Group Policy Committee.
Tomas Isaksson, Chief Executive, Americas Region, aged 49, was appointed to
this position on 1 January 2002. Previously, from February 2000, he was
President, Global Platform and Internet Services. Prior to that appointment he
was Chief Executive of Europolitan Holdings AB (since renamed Europolitan
Vodafone AB), Vodafone’s Swedish operating company. He is a member of the
Board of Representatives of the Verizon Wireless partnership and a director of
Grupo lusacell.
Jurgen von Kuczkowski, Chief Executive, Central Europe Region, aged 62,
was appointed to this position on 1 April 2001. He joined Mannesmann
Mobilfunk GmbH in October 1990 as Director of Sales and Distribution and was
Chairman of the Board of Management.
Stephen Scott, Group General Counsel and Company Secretary, aged 49, was
appointed to this position in the Group in 1991, prior to which he was employed
in the Racal Group legal department, having moved into industry in 1980 from
private law practice in London. He is a director of the Group’s UK pension trustee
company and insurance companies and is a member of the Group Policy
Committee.
Phil Williams, Group Human Resources Director, aged 52, was appointed to this
position in the Group in 1989. He is a director of several Group companies, a
director of the Group’s UK pension trustee company and a trustee of the
Vodafone Group Foundation and is a member of the Group Policy Committee.
Prior to joining the Group, he was Personnel Director with Costain and Burmah
Castrol.