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adviser to UBS AG, Mitsubishi Corporation and IBCA-Fitch. Sir David was formerly a
director of the Bank of England and a Governor of the British Broadcasting
Corporation. He will retire from the Board on conclusion of the AGM in 2005.
Professor Jürgen Schrempp, aged 59, has been a member of the Board of
directors since May 2000 and is a member of the Nominations and Governance
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 was a member of the
Supervisory Board of Mannesmann AG until May 2000. Professor Jürgen Schrempp
serves on the supervisory board of Allianz AG and is a member of the Board of
directors of Richemont SA and Sasol Limited.
Luc Vandevelde, aged 53, was appointed to the Board on 1 September 2003 and is
a member of the Remuneration Committee. Chairman of Marks & Spencer Group Plc,
one of the UK’s leading retailers of clothing, foods, homeware and financial services,
from 2000 to 2004, he was previously Chairman of Promodes, Vice Chairman of
Carrefour, and he had held senior European and international roles with Kraft General
Foods. Luc Vandevelde is Executive Chairman of Change Capital Partners, a private
equity fund, and is a non-executive director of Carrefour SA.
Senior Management
Members of the Group Executive Committee who are not also executive directors are
regarded as senior managers of the Company. The Group Executive Committee
comprises the executive directors, details of whom are shown above, and the senior
managers listed below. Tomas Isaksson was also a member of the Group Executive
Committee until 1 April 2004, when he stepped down on taking up his appointment as
Chief Executive of Vodafone Netherlands.
Further details of the Group Executive Committee can also be found under “Corporate
Governance – Directors and Organisation”.
Brian Clark, Chief Executive, Asia Pacific Region, aged 55, was appointed to this
position, based in Japan, on 1 January 2003. He joined Vodafone in 1997. Prior to
joining Vodafone he was Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Telkom
SA Limited, South Africa. He is also a non-executive director of National Australia
Bank Limited.
Alan Harper, Group Strategy Director, aged 47, 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 Operations Committee and Group Policy
Committee, a member of the Vodafone D2 Supervisory Board and Chairman of the
Vodafone UK Foundation.
Jürgen von Kuczkowski, Chief Executive, Northern Europe Region, aged 63, was
appointed to this position on 1 July 2003. He was previously the Chief Executive,
Central Europe Region. He joined Mannesmann Mobilfunk GmbH (now Vodafone D2
GmbH) in October 1990, initially as Director of Sales and Distribution, and he became
Chief Executive Officer in 1994.
Stephen Scott, Group General Counsel and Company Secretary, aged 50, 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 Company’s UK pension trustee company
and insurance companies and is a member of the Group Policy Committee.
Phil Williams, Group Human Resources Director, aged 53, was appointed to this
position in the Group in 1989. In addition to his Human Resources responsibilities, he
is the senior Vodafone nominated director on the Board of Vodacom Group (Pty)
Limited, the Group’s South African associate company. He is also a director of several
Group companies, a director of the Group Foundation and the UK pension trustee
company. He is a member of the Group Policy Committee. Prior to joining the Group,
he was Personnel Director with Costain and Burmah Castrol.
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