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54 Vodafone Group Plc Annual Report 2011
Executive Committee
Chaired by Vittorio Colao, this committee focuses on the Group’s strategy,
financial structure and planning, succession planning, organisational
development and Group-wide policies. The Executive Committee
membership comprises the executive directors, details of whom are shown
on page 52 above, and the senior managers who are listed below.
Senior management
Members of the Executive Committee who are not also executive directors
are regarded as senior managers of the Company.
Warren Finegold, aged 54, Group Strategy and Business Development
Director, joined the Executive Committee in April 2006 as Chief Executive,
Global Business Development with responsibility for mergers and
acquisitions and business development. He assumed his current position in
August 2009 when his role was expanded to include Group Strategy. He
started his career with Hill Samuel & Co. Limited as an Executive in the
Corporate Finance department, advising clients on mergers and
acquisitions. He then moved to Goldman Sachs International in 1986 where
he held positions in New York and London. Prior to joining Vodafone he was
a Managing Director of UBS Investment Bank where he held a number of
senior positions, most recently as head of its technology team in Europe.
Matthew Kirk, aged 50, Group External Affairs Director, was appointed to
his current position and joined the Executive Committee in March 2009.
Matthew joined Vodafone in 2006 as Group Director of External
Relationships. Prior to that he was a member of the British Diplomatic
Service for more than 20 years and before joining Vodafone served as British
Ambassador to Finland.
Morten Lundal, aged 46, Group Chief Commercial Officer, was appointed
to his current position in October 2010, having joined the Executive
Committee in November 2008, and previously served as Chief Executive
Officer for the Africa and Central Europe region. He joined Nordic mobile
operator, Telenor, in 1997 and held several Chief Executive Officer positions
including for the Internet Division and Telenor Business Solutions as well as
the position of Executive Vice President for Corporate Strategy before
becoming the Chief Executive Officer of Telenor’s Malaysian subsidiary,
DiGi Telecommunications.
Rosemary Martin, aged 51, was appointed Group General Counsel and
Company Secretary in March 2010. She previously served as Chief Executive
Officer of the Practical Law Group prior to which she previously spent
11 years with Reuters Group Plc. in various company secretary and legal
roles, with the last five years as Group General Counsel and Company
Secretary. Before joining Reuters she was a partner with Mayer, Brown, Rowe
& Maw. She is a non-executive director of HSBC Bank Plc (the European arm
of HSBC Group) and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of
England and Wales Corporate Governance Committee.
Nick Read, aged 46, Chief Executive Officer, Africa, Middle East and Asia
Pacific region, was appointed to this position in October 2010. He became a
member of the Executive Committee in November 2008 at the time serving
as Chief Executive Officer for the Asia Pacific and Middle East region. He
joined Vodafone in 2002 and has held a variety of senior roles including Chief
Financial Officer and Chief Commercial Officer of Vodafone Limited, the UK
operating company, and was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Vodafone
Limited in early 2006. Prior to joining Vodafone he held senior global finance
positions with United Business Media plc and Federal Express Worldwide.
Ronald Schellekens, aged 47, Group Human Resources Director, joined
Vodafone and the Executive Committee in January 2009. Ronald is
responsible for the Vodafone human resources management function as
well as health and safety, and Vodafone’s property and real estate. Prior to
joining Vodafone he was Executive Vice President Human Resources for
Royal Dutch Shell plc’s global downstream business. Prior to working for
Shell he worked for nine years at PepsiCo in various international senior
human resources roles including assignments in Switzerland, Spain, South
Africa, the UK and Poland. In his last role he was responsible for the Europe,
Middle East and Africa region for PepsiCo Foods International. Prior to
PepsiCo he worked for nine years for AT&T in human resources roles in the
Netherlands and Poland.
Other Board and Executive Committee members
The following members also served on the Board or the Executive
Committee during the year:
Simon Murray was a non-executive director until his retirement on 27 July
2010. Terry Kramer was Regional President – Vodafone Americas and a
member of the Executive Committee until 31 July 2010. Wendy Becker was
Group Chief Marketing Officer and a member of the Executive Committee
until January 2011.
Board of directors and Group management continued