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4. Andy Halford, Chief Financial Officer, aged 49, joined the Board in July 2005.
Andy joined Vodafone in 1999 as Financial Director for Vodafone Limited, the UK
operating company, and in 2001 he became Financial Director for Vodafone’s
Northern Europe, Middle East and Africa region. In 2002, he was appointed Chief
Financial Officer of Verizon Wireless in the US and is currently a member of the
Board of Representatives of the Verizon Wireless partnership. Prior to joining
Vodafone, he was Group Finance Director at East Midlands Electricity Plc. Andy
holds a bachelors degree in Industrial Economics from Nottingham University
and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Deputy Chairman and senior independent director
5. John Buchanan§†, aged 64, became Deputy Chairman and senior independent
director in July 2006 and has been a member of the Board since April 2003.
He retired from the board of directors of BP Plc in 2002 after six years as Group
Chief Financial Officer and executive director, following a wide-ranging career with
the company. He was a member of the United Kingdom Accounting Standards
Board from 1997 to 2001. He is Chairman of Smith & Nephew plc, a non-executive
director of AstraZeneca PLC and senior independent director of BHP Billiton Plc.
Non-executive directors
6. Dr Michael Boskin§, aged 62, became a member of the Board in June 1999
on completion of the merger with AirTouch Communications, Inc. and is Chairman
of the Audit Committee. He was a director of AirTouch from August 1996 to June
1999. He has been a Professor of Economics at Stanford University since 1971
and was Chairman of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers from February
1989 until January 1993. Michael is President and Chief Executive Officer of
Boskin & Co., an economic consulting company, and is also a director of Exxon
Mobil Corporation, Shinsei Bank Limited and Oracle Corporation. He will retire
from the Board at the conclusion of the Company’s AGM on 29 July 2008.
7. Alan Jebson§, aged 58, joined the Board in December 2006. He retired in
May 2006 from his role as Group Chief Operating Officer of HSBC Holdings Plc,
a position which included responsibility for IT and Global Resourcing. During a
long career with HSBC, Alan held various positions in IT, including the position of
Group Chief Information Officer. His roles included responsibility for the Group’s
international systems, including the consolidation of HSBC and Midland systems
following the acquisition of Midland Bank in 1993. He originally joined HSBC as
Head of IT Audit in 1978 where, building upon his qualification as a chartered
accountant, he built an international audit team and implemented controls in
the Group’s application systems. He is also a non-executive director of Experian
Group plc and McDonald Dettwiler in Canada.
§ Audit Committee
† Nominations and Governance Committee
‡ Remuneration Committee
Directors and senior management
The business of the Company is managed by its board of directors (“the Board”).
Biographical details of the directors and senior management at the date of this
report are as follows:
Board of directors
Chairman
1. Sir John Bond†, aged 66, became Chairman of Vodafone Group Plc in July
2006, having previously served as a non-executive director of the Board, and is
Chairman of the Nominations and Governance Committee. Sir John is a non-
executive director of Ford Motor Company, USA, and A.P. Møller – Mærsk A/S
and is a director of Shui On Land Limited (Hong Kong SAR). He retired from the
position of Group Chairman of HSBC Holdings plc in May 2006, after 45 years
of service. Other previous roles include Chairman of HSBC Bank plc and director
of The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation and HSBC North America
Holdings Inc. Previous non-executive directorships include the London Stock
Exchange, Orange plc, British Steel plc and the Court of the Bank of England.
Executive directors
2. Arun Sarin†, Chief Executive, aged 53, became a member of the Board in June
1999. He was appointed Chief Executive in July 2003. Arun joined Pacific Telesis
Group in San Francisco in 1984 and has served in many executive positions in
his career in telecommunications, which spans more than 20 years. He was a
director of AirTouch Communications, Inc. from July 1995 and was President and
Chief Operating Officer from February 1997 to June 1999. He was Chief Executive
Officer for the Vodafone United States and Asia Pacific region until 15 April 2000,
when he became a non-executive director. He has served as a director of
The Gap, Inc., The Charles Schwab Corporation and Cisco Systems, Inc., and is
a non-executive director of the Court of the Bank of England. He will retire as
Chief Executive at the conclusion of the Company’s AGM on 29 July 2008.
3. Vittorio Colao, Deputy Chief Executive and CEO of the Group’s Europe
region, aged 46, joined the Board in October 2006. He spent the early part of
his career as a partner in the Milan office of McKinsey & Co working on media,
telecommunications and industrial goods and was responsible for recruitment.
In 1996, he joined Omnitel Pronto Italia, which subsequently became Vodafone
Italy, and he was appointed Chief Executive in 1999. He was then appointed
Regional Chief Executive Officer, Southern Europe for Vodafone Group Plc in
2001, became a member of the Board in 2002 and was appointed to the role
of Regional Chief Executive Officer for Southern Europe, Middle East and Africa
for Vodafone in 2003. In 2004, he left Vodafone to join RCS MediaGroup, the
leading Italian publishing company, where he was Chief Executive until he
rejoined Vodafone. He will become Chief Executive at the conclusion of the
Company’s AGM on 29 July 2008.
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