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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 19 May 2009 are
as follows:
Board of directors
Chairman
1. Sir John Bond†, aged 67, 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 A.P. Møller – Mærsk A/S and 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 Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation and HSBC North America
Holdings Inc. Previous non-executive directorships include the London Stock
Exchange plc, Orange plc, British Steel plc, the Court of the Bank of England and Ford
Motor Company, USA.
Executive directors
2. Vittorio Colao, Chief Executive, aged 47, was appointed Chief Executive of
Vodafone Group Plc after the AGM on 29 July 2008. He joined the Board in October
2006 as Chief Executive, Europe and Deputy Chief Executive. Vittorio 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.
3. Andy Halford, Chief Financial Officer, aged 50, 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. He is also a director of
Vodafone Essar Limited. 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
4. John Buchanan§†, aged 65, 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 p.l.c. 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
5. Alan Jebson§, aged 59, 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 MacDonald Dettwiler and
Associates Ltd. in Canada.
6. Nick Land§, aged 61, joined the Board in December 2006. Solely for the purposes
of relevant legislation, he is the Board’s appointed financial expert on the Audit
Committee. In June 2006, he retired as Chairman of Ernst & Young LLP after a
distinguished career spanning 36 years with the firm. He became an audit partner in
1978 and held a number of management appointments before becoming Managing
Partner in 1992. He was appointed Chairman and joined the Global Executive Board
of Ernst & Young Global LLP in 1995. He is a non-executive director of Royal Dutch
Shell plc, Alliance Boots GmbH, BBA Aviation plc and the Ashmore Group plc. He also
sits on the Advisory Board of Three Delta, is Chairman of the Practices Advisory Board
of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and of the Board of
Trustees of Farnham Castle, and is a member of the Finance and Audit Committees
of the National Gallery. Nick is also a trustee of The Vodafone Foundation.
Board of directors and Group management