7th Nov 2006 13:52
Vodafone Group Plc07 November 2006 7 November 2006 VODAFONE APPOINTS NEW NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS Vodafone Group Plc (Vodafone) announces that Nick Land and Alan Jebson have beenappointed as Non-Executive Directors with effect from 1 December 2006. Nick Land, aged 58, recently retired as Chairman of Ernst & Young LLP after adistinguished career spanning 36 years with the firm. He became an audit partnerin 1978 and held a number of management appointments before becoming ManagingPartner in 1992. He was appointed Chairman and joined the global Executive Boardin 1995. He is a non-executive director of Royal Dutch Shell, the BBA Group andthe Ashmore Group. He also sits on the Advisory Board of the Cambridge JudgeBusiness School, is a member of the National Gallery's Finance and AuditCommittees and is Chairman of the Practices Advisory Board of the Institute ofChartered Accountants in England and Wales. Alan Jebson, aged 57, retired in May from his role as Group Chief OperatingOfficer of HSBC Holdings Plc, a position which included responsibility for ITand Global Resourcing. During a long career with HSBC, Alan held variouspositions in IT, including the position of Group CIO. His roles includedresponsibility for the Group's international systems, including theconsolidation of HSBC and Midland systems following the acquisition of MidlandBank in 1993. Alan originally joined HSBC as Head of IT Audit in 1978 where,building upon his qualification as a chartered accountant, he built aninternational audit team and implemented controls in the Group's applicationsystems. He has recently been appointed as a non-executive director of McDonaldDettweiler in Canada. Sir John Bond, Chairman of Vodafone, commented "I am delighted to welcome Nickand Alan to the Vodafone Board and look forward to their contributions. Nick'sfinancial expertise and experience of dealing with major corporations in manyparts of the world will be invaluable to us and Alan's knowledge ofinternational information technology systems, including his experience of CRMand data mining, as well as his financial background will be a great asset forVodafone." - ends- Notes to editors: The Board of Vodafone Group Plc, from 1 December 2006, will be as follows: Sir John Bond - ChairmanArun Sarin - Chief ExecutiveJohn Buchanan - Deputy ChairmanVittorio Colao - Deputy Chief ExecutiveThomas Geitner* - Executive DirectorAndy Halford - Chief Financial OfficerLord BroersDr Michael BoskinAlan JebsonNick LandAnne LauvergeonJurgen SchremppLuc VandeveldeTony WatsonPhilip Yea * leaving on 31 December 2006 For further information: Vodafone Group Investor RelationsTel: +44 (0) 1635 664447 Media RelationsTel: +44 (0) 1635 664444 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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