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Directors and Senior Management
The business of the Company is managed by its Board of directors. The Company’s
Articles of Association provide that, until otherwise determined by ordinary resolution,
the number of directors will not be less than three.
Biographical details of the directors and senior management are as follows:
Directors
Chairman
Lord MacLaurin of Knebworth, DL, aged 67, has been a member of the Board of
directors since January 1997. He is Chairman of the Nominations and Governance
Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee. Lord MacLaurin was
Chairman of Tesco Plc from 1985 to 1997 and has been a director of Enterprise Oil
Plc, Guinness Plc, National Westminster Bank Plc and Whitbread Plc.
Deputy Chairman
Paul Hazen, aged 62, has been a member of the Board of directors since June 1999
and became Deputy Chairman and the Board’s nominated senior non-executive
director in May 2000. He is Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the
Nominations and Governance Committee. He became a director of AirTouch in April
1993. In 2001, he retired as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Wells Fargo &
Company and its principal subsidiary, Wells Fargo Bank, NA. Paul Hazen is also a
director of Safeway, Inc., Willis Group Holdings Limited, Xstrata AG and E.piphany and
he is Chairman of Accel-KKR.
Executive directors
Arun Sarin, Chief Executive, aged 49, has been a member of the Board of directors
since June 1999 and is a member of the Nominations and Governance Committee. He
was a director of AirTouch from July 1995 and was President and Chief Operating
Officer from February 1997 to June 1999. He was Chief Executive Officer for the
United States and Asia Pacific region until 15 April 2000, when he became a non-
executive director. He was appointed Chief Executive after the AGM on 30 July 2003.
Arun Sarin joined Pacific Telesis Group in San Francisco in 1984 and has served in
many executive positions in his 20 year career in telecommunications. He has also
served as a director of The Gap, Inc., The Charles Schwab Corporation and
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Julian Horn-Smith, Group Chief Operating Officer, aged 55, has been a member of
the Board of directors since June 1996. He was appointed Group Chief Operating
Officer on 1 April 2001, having been Chief Executive of Vodafone’s Continental Europe
businesses and a director of several of the Group’s overseas operating companies. He
is responsible for ensuring the operating performance of Group businesses. Julian
Horn-Smith is the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Vodafone Deutschland GmbH
and is a non-executive director of Smiths Group Plc.
Peter Bamford, Chief Marketing Officer, aged 50, has been a member of the Board
of directors since April 1998. He is responsible for the full range of marketing and
commercial activities including brand, product development, content management,
Partner Networks and global accounts. He is also responsible for the Group’s
operations in the UK & Ireland. Previously, he was Chief Executive, Northern Europe,
Middle East & Africa Region. He was Managing Director of Vodafone UK until April
2001. Before joining Vodafone in 1997, Peter Bamford held senior positions with
Kingfisher Plc and Tesco Plc and was a director of WH Smith Plc.
Vittorio Colao, Chief Executive, Southern Europe, Middle East and Africa Region, aged
42, joined the Board of directors on 1 April 2002. He has had responsibility for the
Group’s businesses in Southern Europe since April 2001. He spent the early part of his
career at McKinsey & Co, where he was a Partner, before joining Omnitel Pronto Italia
S.p.A. as its Chief Operating Officer. In 1999, he became the Chief Executive Officer of
Omnitel Pronto Italia S.p.A. (now operating as Vodafone Italy). Vittorio Colao is currently
a member of the Aspen Institute and non-executive director of RAS Insurance in Italy.
Thomas Geitner, Chief Technology Officer, aged 49, has been a member of the Board
of directors since May 2000. He is responsible for Group Technology & Business
Integration and will be leading the implementation of a standardised architecture for
business processes, Information Technology and network systems. Prior to joining
the Group, he was a member of the Management Board of RWE AG. Thomas Geitner
is a member of the Management Board of Vodafone Holding GmbH and Vodafone
Deutschland GmbH and a member of the supervisory board of Singulus
Technologies AG.
Ken Hydon, Financial Director, aged 59, has been a member of the Board of directors
since 1985. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, the
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and the Association of Corporate
Treasurers. He is a director of several subsidiaries of the Company and is a member of
the Board of Representatives of the Verizon Wireless partnership in the United States.
Ken Hydon has recently been appointed a non-executive director of Reckitt Benckiser
Plc and Tesco Plc. He will retire from the Board on conclusion of the AGM in 2005.
Non-executive directors
Dr. Michael Boskin, aged 58, has been a member of the Board of directors since
June 1999 and is a member of the Remuneration Committee and 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. Dr Boskin is President and CEO of Boskin & Co., an economic consulting
company, and is also a director of Exxon Mobil Corporation, First Health Group Corp.
and Oracle Corporation.
Professor Sir Alec Broers, aged 65, has been a member of the Board of directors
since January 1998 and is a member of the Audit Committee and the Nominations
and Governance Committee. He is President of the Royal Academy of Engineering and
a former Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University. He spent many years with IBM and
is a Fellow of the Royal Society, the Institute of Electrical Engineers and the Institute of
Physics. He is also a Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Engineering.
Professor Sir Alec Broers chairs the Vodafone Group Foundation and the Company’s
UK pension trustee company. On 1 May 2004, it was announced that Her Majesty the
Queen intends to make him a Life Peer in recognition of his contribution to
engineering and higher education.
John Buchanan, aged 61, has been a member of the Board of directors since April
2003. He is a member of the Audit Committee and, solely for the purposes of relevant
legislation, is the Board’s appointed financial expert on that Committee. He retired
from the Board 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 the senior independent director of BHP Billiton Plc and a non-executive director of
AstraZeneca Plc.
Penny Hughes, aged 44, has been a member of the Board of directors since
September 1998, and is the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee. She has held
posts with The Coca-Cola Company, Next Plc and Body Shop International Plc. She has
particular expertise in marketing and has developed experience in many human resource
areas, including leadership development, motivation and retention. Penny Hughes is a
member of the advisory committee of Bridgepoint Capital Limited and is a non-executive
director of Scandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, Trinity Mirror Plc and The Gap, Inc.
Sir David Scholey CBE, aged 68, has been a member of the Board of directors
since March 1998. He is a member of the Nominations and Governance Committee
and the Audit Committee. He is Chairman of Close Brothers Group Plc, a non-
executive director of Anglo American Plc and Chubb Corporation, USA and is an
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