– UK, Newbury – Vodafone Group Plc (LON: VOD) today announced the appointment of Margherita Della Valle as Group Chief Executive.
“Margherita Della Valle has a strong track record during her long career at Vodafone in marketing, operational, commercial and financial positions. Over the last few months as interim Group Chief Executive, the Board and I have been impressed with her pace and decisiveness to begin the necessary transformation of Vodafone. Margherita has the full support of myself and the Board for her plans for Vodafone to provide better customer experience, become a simpler business and accelerate growth.” said Board Chairman, Jean-François van Boxmeer.
Margherita Della Valle will also continue as Group CFO until the completion of an external search for a new Group CFO.
Margherita Della Valle said: “I am honored to have been appointed as Group Chief Executive. Vodafone has a unique position in Europe and Africa with strong customer relationships, networks, and people. My focus will be to improve the service for our customers, simplify our business and grow.”
About Vodafone
Unique in its scale as the largest pan-European and African technology communications company, Vodafone transforms how we live and work through its innovation, technology, connectivity, platforms, products, and services.
Vodafone operates mobile and fixed networks in 22 countries, including 5 joint ventures and associates, and partners with mobile networks in 46 more. As of 31 December 2022, we had over 330 million mobile customers, over 28 million fixed broadband customers, and 21 million TV customers. Vodafone is a world leader in the Internet of Things, connecting over 155 million devices and platforms.
We have revolutionized fintech in Africa through M-Pesa, which celebrated its 15th anniversary in 2022. M-Pesa is the region’s largest fintech platform, providing access to financial services to more than 58 million people in a secure, affordable, and convenient way.
We aim to connect for a better future by using technology to improve lives, digitalize critical sectors and enable inclusive and sustainable digital societies.
We are committed to reducing our environmental impact to reach net zero emissions across our full value chain by 2040 while helping our customers reduce their carbon emissions by 350 million tonnes by 2030. We are driving action to reduce device waste and achieve our target to reuse, resell or recycle 100% of our network waste.
We believe in the power of connectivity and digital services to improve society and economies, partnering with governments to digitalize healthcare, education, and agriculture and create cleaner, safer cities. Our products and services support the digitalization of businesses, particularly small and medium enterprises.
Our inclusion for all strategy seeks to ensure no one is left behind through access to connectivity, digital skills, and creating relevant products and services such as access to education, healthcare, and finance. We are also committed to developing a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the customers and societies we serve.
Source: https://www.vodafone.com/
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