Executive Committee
Chaired by Arun Sarin, this committee focuses on the Group’s strategy, financial structure and planning, succession planning, organisational development and Group-wide policies.The Executive Committee membership comprises the executive directors, details of whom are shown in Board of Directors and Group Management and the senior managers who are listed below.
Senior management
Members of the Executive Committee who are not also executive directors are regarded as senior managers of the Company.
Paul Donovan, Chief Executive Officer, EMAPA, aged 49, was appointed to this position in May 2006. He joined Vodafone UK in 1999 as Managing Director – Commercial and became Chief Executive Officer of Vodafone Ireland in 2001. In January 2005, he became Chief Executive Officer, Other Vodafone Subsidiaries, managing 15 markets in which Vodafone operated. Paul has over 16 years’ experience in the telecommunications and IT industries, gained at Apple Computer, BT and Cable and Wireless, as well as Vodafone. He began his career in sales and marketing at the Mars Group before becoming Marketing Director at Coca-Cola and Schweppes Beverages.
Warren Finegold,Chief Executive Officer, Global Business Development, aged 51, was appointed to this position and joined the Executive Committee in April 2006. He was previously a Managing Director of UBS Investment Bank and head of its technology team in Europe. He is responsible for business development, mergers and acquisitions and partner networks.
Terry Kramer, Group Strategy and Human Resources Director and Chief of Staff, aged 48, joined Vodafone in January 2005 as Chief of Staff and was appointed Group Human Resources Director in December 2006. Terry’s role was recently expanded to include Vodafone Group Strategy. Prior to his appointment, he was Chief Executive Officer of Q Comm International, a publicly traded provider of transaction processing services for the telecommunications industry. He also worked for 12 years at PacTel/AirTouch Communications in a variety of roles including President AirTouch Paging, Vice President Human Resources-AirTouch Communications, Vice President Business Development-AirTouch Europe and Vice President & General Manager-AirTouch Cellular Southwest Market. Prior to that, he was an Associate with Booz Allen & Hamilton, a management consulting firm. Terry is a trustee of The Vodafone Group Foundation.
Simon Lewis, Group Corporate Affairs Director, aged 49, joined Vodafone in November 2004. He previously held senior roles at Centrica Plc including Managing Director, Europe, and Group Director of Communications and Public Policy. Prior to that, he was Director of Corporate Affairs at NatWest Group and the Head of Public Relations at S.G. Warburg plc. He was President of the Institute of Public Relations in 1997 and is a Visiting Professor at the Cardiff School of Journalism. In 1998, he was seconded to Buckingham Palace for two years as the first Communications Secretary to The Queen. He is Chairman of the UK Fulbright Commission and a trustee of The Vodafone Group Foundation.
Steve Pusey, Chief Technology Officer, aged 46, joined Vodafone in September 2006 and is responsible for all aspects of Vodafone’s networks, IT capability, research and development and supply chain management. Prior to joining Vodafone, he held the positions of Executive Vice President and President, Nortel EMEA, having joined Nortel in 1982, gaining a wealth of international experience across both the wireline and wireless industries and in business applications and solutions. Prior to Nortel, he spent several years with British Telecom.
Frank Rovekamp, Group Chief Marketing Officer, aged 53, was appointed to this position and joined the Executive Committee in May 2006. He joined Vodafone in 2002 as Marketing Director and a member of the Management Board of Vodafone Netherlands and later moved to Vodafone Germany as Chief Marketing Officer and a member of the Management Board. Before joining Vodafone, he held roles as President and Chief Executive Officer of Beyoo and Chief Marketing Officer with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. He is a trustee of The Vodafone Group Foundation.
Stephen Scott, Group General Counsel and Company Secretary, aged 54, was appointed to this position in 1991, prior to which he was employed in the Racal Group legal department, which he joined in 1980 from private law practice in London. He is a director of the Company’s UK pension trustee company and of ShareGift (the Orr Mackintosh Foundation Limited) and is a director and trustee of LawWorks (the Solicitors Pro Bono Group).
Strategy Board
The Strategy Board meets three times each year to discuss strategy. This is attended by Executive Committee members and the Chief Executive Officers of the major operating companies and other selected individuals based on Strategy Board topics.
Other Board and Executive Committee members
The following members also served on the Board or the Executive Committee during the 2008 financial year:
Lord Broers was a member of the Board, the Audit Committee and the Nominations and Governance Committee until the conclusion of the AGM on 24 July 2007.
Alan Harper was Group Strategy and New Business Director and was a member of the Executive Committee until 1 September 2007.