79 Vodafone Group Plc Annual Report 2024
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Biographical details of the Executive Committee, as at 14 May 2024 are provided below. Margherita Della Valle BD Group Chief Executive Luka Mucic RCCD AI SB BD DC Group Chief Financial Officer Read more about the Group Chief Executive on page 76 Read more about the Group Chief Financial Officer on page 76 Aldo Bisio AI SB BD Chief Commercial Officer and CEO Vodafone Italy Aldo was appointed Group Chief Commercial Officer in January 2023. He was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Vodafone Italia in January 2014 and joined the Executive Committee in October 2015. Aldo is responsible for driving the Group’s commercial and brand strategy through CX Excellence and the delivery of new digital services for the consumer segment. As CEO of Italy, he is responsible for steering local commercial strategy and driving operational excellence. Prior to joining Vodafone, Aldo held the position of Group Managing Director of Ariston Thermo Group from 2008 and he was then named Group Chief Executive Officer in 2010. Being part of McKinsey & Co previously, he held different positions in strategic consultancy focusing on the telecommunications and media industries. Maaike de Bie DC AI RC CD ER Group General Counsel and Company Secretary Maaike de Bie was appointed Group General Counsel and Company Secretary on 1 March 2023 and has responsibility for the Group legal, compliance, risk and company secretariat functions as well as advising the Board on all aspects relating to corporate governance. She previously served as General Counsel and Company Secretary of easyJet plc and before that as General Counsel of Royal Mail plc. An experienced international lawyer, Maaike is dual-qualified in both the US and UK, with over 30 years of experience. Maaike is currently a Board Member of General Counsel for Diversity & Inclusion (GCD&I). She is also a Trustee of Blueprint for Better Business, which is an independent charity that helps businesses to be inspired and guided by a purpose that respects people and contributes to a better society. Ahmed Essam SB BD Executive Chairman Vodafone Germany and CEO European Markets Ahmed was appointed Executive Chairman Vodafone Germany and CEO European markets on 1 April 2024, and has been a member of the Executive Committee since 2016. Ahmed has over 20 years of experience in the fields of telecommunications, strategy, financial planning, commercial management and general management. Ahmed joined Vodafone in 1999 and earlier roles include Customer Care Director and Consumer Business Unit Director, Group Management Director for Vodafone’s Africa, Middle East and Asia-Pacific region, and a number of senior roles within Vodafone’s Group Commercial functions. Ahmed has been Group Chief Commercial Operations and Strategy Officer, CEO Europe Cluster and CEO Vodafone UK. Shameel joined Vodafone in 1994 and currently serves as Chief Executive Officer at Vodacom Group Limited, a position he has held since 2012. He has extensive telco experience having operated at a senior level in various companies across the group for the last 23 years, including Managing Director at Vodacom South Africa and Chief Executive Officer at Vodafone Spain. Shameel holds board positions at Vodacom Group Ltd, Safaricom Plc and Vodafone Egypt Telecommunications S.A.E. He also sits on the board of Business Leadership South Africa. He was appointed to the Executive Committee in April 2020, and is responsible for the overall strategic direction and performance of all its African operations, comprising eight markets. Shameel Joosub CEO Vodacom Group Our Executive Committee
Scott Petty NS AI ER SB BD Vodafone Group Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Scott joined Vodafone in 2009 and has held positions in Vodafone Business Product Management and Technology before becoming UK CTO in 2017. He has been the Chief Digital & Information Officer since April 2021 as part of a newly created integrated European-wide Technology team to drive the transformation to achieve Vodafone’s ambition to become a Next Generation Telco. Previously, Scott held a number of Executive roles at Dimension Data, as Group Executive – Services, Chief Operating Officer – Australia and as Chief Information Officer – Australia. Scott joined the Executive Committee in January 2023. Joakim Reiter ER RC CD Chief External and Corporate Affairs Officer Joakim, an Executive Committee member since August 2017, is Vodafone’s Chief External and Corporate Affairs Officer, responsible for public relations and corporate affairs, including policy and regulation, communications, security, sustainability and charitable activities. He currently sits on the Board of the Swedish Space Corporation. Before joining Vodafone, Joakim served as Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations and has also been Ambassador to the World Trade Organisation, served as a Swedish senior diplomat to the EU, a trade negotiator in the European Commission, and has had a longstanding career in the Swedish Foreign Service. Alberto Ripepi SB Group Chief Network Officer (CNO) Since joining Vodafone in 2001, Alberto has held various roles in technology including CTO of Italy, CTO of Europe and Operational Director for Group Technology. Alberto joined the Executive Committee in January 2023 and is responsible for strategy, architecture and design and for operating the Vodafone network in Europe. Serpil Timuray ER CEO Vodafone Investments Serpil Timuray was appointed as CEO Vodafone Investments in April 2024, responsible for Joint Ventures, Partner Markets, and new telco partnerships. Her prior roles at the Group Executive Committee were CEO Europe Cluster, Group Chief Commercial Operations and Strategy Officer, and Regional CEO AMAP. She joined Vodafone in January 2009 as CEO Turkey. Formerly, she worked at Danone Plc for 10 years latterly as CEO Turkey. She began her career in 1991 at Procter & Gamble where she held marketing roles for 8 years latterly as an Executive Committee member in Turkey. Serpil is an Independent Non-Executive Director at British American Tobacco Plc, the Chairperson of VodafoneZiggo and a Non-Executive Director at TPG Telecom. Leanne Wood SB AI RC Chief Human Resources Officer Leanne joined Vodafone as Chief Human Resources Officer and as a member of the Executive Committee on 1 April 2019. She is responsible 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. Previously Leanne was the Chief People, Strategy and Corporate Affairs Officer for Burberry plc from 2015. Leanne is a Non-Executive Director and member of the Audit, Corporate Responsibility and Nomination and Remuneration Committees at Compass Group plc. With effect from 1 April 2024, Marcel de Groot was appointed CEO Vodafone Germany and Max Taylor was appointed CEO Vodafone UK. They are not members of the Executive Committee and report to Ahmed Essam. With effect from 1 July 2024, Marika Auramo will join our Executive Committee as CEO of Vodafone Business.
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