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Warren Finegold
Group Business
Development Director
Tenure: 10 years Nationality: British
Responsibilities:
Warren has responsibility for managing
Vodafone’s mergers and acquisitions
and business development strategy.
Warren worked on Vodafone’s initial IPO
in 1988 as well as leading the recent sale
of Vodafone’s interest in Verizon Wireless.
He will retire from the Executive Committee
on 30 June 2016.
Previous roles include:
a UBS Investment Bank, managing director
and head of European Technology
a Goldman Sachs, executive director
(1985–1995)
Ronald Schellekens
Group Human Resources Director
Tenure: 7 years Nationality: Dutch
Responsibilities:
Ronald has responsibility for leading
Vodafone’s people and organisation strategy
which includes developing strong talent and
leadership, effective organisations, strategic
capabilities and an engaging culture and
work environment, thereby building strong
capabilities in Vodafone to deliver growth.
Previous roles include:
a Royal Dutch Shell, HR executive
vicepresident (2003–2008)
a PepsiCo, senior vice president (1994–2003)
a AT&T Network Systems, various human
resources roles (1986–1994)
Nick Jeffery
Group Enterprise
Chief Executive Ofcer
Tenure: 3 years Nationality: British
Responsibilities:
Nick is responsible for Vodafone’s strategy
and execution in the Enterprise market
worldwide, and has responsibility for
a portfolio which includes: Vodafone Global
Enterprise, Vodafone Carrier Services,
The Internet of Things, Cloud & Hosting
Services, Enterprise Marketing and Sales
Operations as well as Enterprise Products and
Operations and Enterprise Security Services.
Previous roles include:
a Cable & Wireless Worldwide, chief
executive (2012–2013)
a Vodafone Global Enterprise, Chief
Executive (2006–2012)
Nick Read
Chief Financial Ofcer
(See page 40)
Vittorio Colao
Chief Executive
(See page 40)
Matthew Kirk
Group External Affairs Director
Tenure: 7 years Nationality: British
Responsibilities:
Matthew leads Vodafone’s engagement
with external stakeholders (including
governments, regulators, international
institutions, the media and industry
commentators) in order to project
Vodafone’s position on the contribution of
our industry to broader policy objectives and
on issues of importance to our customers
and to the communities in which Vodafone
operates. Matthew is also responsible for
security, and for the Vodafone Foundation,
of which he is a Trustee.
Previous roles include:
a British Ambassador to Finland
(2002–2006)
a Member of the British Diplomatic Service
(20+ years)
Paolo Bertoluzzo
Group Chief Commercial
Operations & Strategy Ofcer
Tenure: 3 years Nationality: Italian
Responsibilities:
Paolo has responsibility for Vodafone’s global
commercial operations and strategy,
as well as innovation and transformation
projects, including the Customer eXperience
eXcellence programme.
Previous roles include:
a Vodafone Group, Regional Chief Executive
Ofcer, Southern Europe (2012–2013)
a Vodafone Italy, Chief Executive Ofcer
(2008–2013)
a Vodacom Group, Board Director
(2010–2012)
Rosemary Martin
Group General Counsel and
Company Secretary
Tenure: 6 years Nationality: British
Responsibilities:
Rosemary has responsibility for managing
Vodafone’s legal risk and for providing
legal and company secretariat services
to the Group.
Previous roles include:
a Practical Law Company, chief executive
(2008)
a Reuters Group Plc, various governance
roles including group general counsel and
company secretary (1997–2008)
a Rowe & Maw, partner (1990–1997)
Delivering our strategy,
driving performance
Chaired by Vittorio Colao, the Executive Committee focuses on managing
Vodafone’s business affairs as a whole, which includes the delivery of a
competitive strategy, developing our nancial structure and planning,
driving nancial performance and ensuring good succession planning.
Executive Committee
Membership
The Committee includes the Executive
Directors and the senior managers
as detailed below.
Committee Meetings
The Committee meets 11 times a year
and typical agenda items include:
a strategy;
a substantial business developments
and projects;
a Chief Executive’s update on the business
and the business environment;
a updates on business performance;
a Group function heads’ updates;
a talent;
a presentations on various topics,
for example, from the Group Financial
Controller, the Group Audit Director
and the Group Risk and Compliance
Director; and
a competitor performance analysis.
Each year the Committee conducts
a strategy review to identify key strategic
issues facing Vodafone to be presented
to the Board. The agreed strategy
is then used as a basis for developing
the upcoming budget and three-year
operating plans.
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