7th Feb 2005 07:01
Vodafone Group Plc07 February 2005 7 February 2005 SENIOR MANAGEMENT APPOINTMENTS Vodafone today announces that it has strengthened its management team in Japanby appointing Bill Morrow, currently Chief Executive of Vodafone UK, asPresident of Vodafone K.K. Shiro Tsuda will become Executive Chairman andChairman of the Board of Vodafone K.K. and with Bill Morrow, will lead the nextphase of the development of the company. Tim Miles, at present Managing Directorof Vodafone New Zealand, will become Chief Executive of the UK business. Theseappointments will take effect from 1 April 2005. Arun Sarin, Vodafone Group Chief Executive Officer said: " The combination of Shiro Tsuda and Bill Morrow is the ideal partnership tolead our business in Japan. Since his appointment last year, Shiro Tsuda hasreviewed the business, made his recommendations, and we have agreed thesechanges to begin the next phase of the turnaround. Bill Morrow already has anoutstanding track record of success in Japan, most recently through hisleadership of Japan Telecom and as President of Japan Telecom Holdings. I amvery confident that this new team, both of whom are experienced and respectedmanagers in this market, is a winning combination for Vodafone Japan." Shiro Tsuda commented: " Bill Morrow brings an abundance of Japanese and global business experience toVodafone K.K. I am extremely pleased to be working with such an experiencedgeneral manager and look forward to his return." Arun Sarin added: " I am also pleased that Tim Miles will be joining our UK business as ChiefExecutive. In New Zealand, he has led one of the most successful operationswithin the Group and is a talented and respected manager. He is very well placedto execute the strategy which Bill Morrow and his team have put in place in theUK." - ends - For further information: Vodafone GroupSimon Lewis, Group Corporate Affairs DirectorTel: +44 (0) 1635 673310 Investor Relations Media RelationsCharles Butterworth Bobby LeachDarren Jones Ben PadovanSarah MoriartyTel: +44 (0) 1635 673310 Tel: +44 (0) 1635 673310 Tavistock CommunicationsLulu BridgesJohn WestTel: +44 (0) 20 7920 3150 Biographies Shiro Tsuda Shiro Tsuda joined Nippon Telephone and Telegraph Public Corporation (now NTT)in 1970, becoming General Manager of the Company's Mobile CommunicationsDivision in 1990, helping to establish the mobile phone project that laterbecame NTT DoCoMo. In 1992 he became involved in corporate strategy as Planning Division Manager.He was appointed a member of the NTT DoCoMo Board in 1996 as Corporate PlanningDirector and Senior Vice President and Network Division Director in April 2000.In this position he headed the launch of FOMA, the world's first 3G mobilenetwork based on W-CDMA technology in October 2001. Shiro Tsuda's appointment asPresident and Executive Officer was announced in August 2004. Bill Morrow Bill Morrow has over twenty-three years experience in the telecommunicationsindustry holding senior leadership roles in the USA, Asia and Europe. From 1980- 1995 he held various management positions at Pacific Bell before becoming aDirector at Airtouch in 1995. He then became Chief Technical Officer of Proximus- Belgium in 1998 and then Executive Vice President and COO. For the last eight years he has been a part of the Vodafone Group. He was madeVice President, Technology Strategy, in March 2000 and in 2001 he became VicePresident and Country Manager, Vodafone Japan. He then became President andRepresentative Director, Japan Telecom and the Japan Telecom Holdings, beforehis appointment as Chief Executive of the Vodafone UK business in February 2004. Tim Miles Tim Miles has over twenty years experience in the IT and Telecommunicationsindustry having worked in Asia, the United States and New Zealand for IBM,Unisys and Data General. He held the position of Managing Director of Unisys NewZealand from 1995 to 1999 and in 2000 was appointed Vice President OperationsGlobal Industries, with responsibility for all the major telecommunicationscustomers of Unisys. In August 2001, he joined Vodafone New Zealand as Director of Business Marketsand was appointed Managing Director of Vodafone New Zealand in 2002. Over thistime period, Vodafone New Zealand has increased its market share, becoming thenumber one operator, and has significantly increased its share of the businessmarket. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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