24th Jul 2006 07:02
Vodafone Group Plc24 July 2006 24 July 2006 SENIOR MANAGEMENT CHANGE Vodafone Group Plc today announces that Bill Morrow has decided to leave thebusiness to return to the US for family reasons. Bill Morrow has held a numberof senior executive roles in the Vodafone Group over the last 10 years,including Chief Executive of Vodafone UK and most recently President of VodafoneJapan. In this role he led the sale of Vodafone's business in Japan to Softbankearlier this year. He will leave Vodafone at the end of this month. Bill Morrow will be succeeded, on an interim basis, by Fritz Joussen currentlyChief Executive of Vodafone's business in Germany. An international search for apermanent successor for Bill Morrow has started but in the meantime the ChiefExecutive, Arun Sarin, will be working closely with Fritz Joussen to deliver onthe revenue generation and cost reduction strategy for the European region. Commenting on Bill Morrow's decision, Arun Sarin said "We are sorry that Billhas had to make this decision so shortly after announcing our new organisationalstructure. He has made an outstanding contribution to the success of Vodafoneover the last 10 years and has taken on some of the most challenging roles inthe Group and has always delivered. He has also been a committed member of myExecutive team. Whilst the timing is regrettable, I respect the decision he hasmade to return to the US to be with his family." Bill Morrow said: "I have thoroughly enjoyed serving our customers and workingwith our employees over the past decade. I am confident about the prospects forVodafone going forward and am excited about the plans Arun has put in place forthe business. It is only after a great deal of careful consideration and withdeep regret that I must urgently leave Europe and Vodafone to support my familyin our home state of California. Having worked closely with Arun over manyyears, I will miss working with him and I wish nothing but great success for himand my fellow executive committee members." - ends- For further information: Vodafone Group Investor Relations Media RelationsTel: +44 (0) 1635 664447 Tel: +44 (0) 1635 664444 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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