Vodafone Group appoints Sanjiv Ahuja to its Board as Non-Executive Director

– UK, Newbury – Vodafone Group Plc (LON:VOD), today announces the appointment of Sanjiv Ahuja as a Non-Executive Director with immediate effect.

Vodafone Group Chairman Gerard Kleisterlee said: “I am delighted that Sanjiv has agreed to join the Vodafone board. He has broad telecoms expertise, having led mobile, broadband and infrastructure companies, as well as considerable international experience from operating in Europe, the US, Africa and Asia. We are looking forward to working with him.”

About Sanjiv Ahuja

Sanjiv Ahuja is the Chairman of Tillman Global Holdings, which he founded in 2013. Sanjiv was Chief Operating Officer and President of Telcordia Technologies, before moving to Orange Telecommunications in 2003, where he held the roles of Chief Operating Officer, Chief Executive and eventually Chairman of Orange PLC. After leaving Orange, he was CEO and Chairman at wireless broadband companies LightSquared and Augere, and he also founded and chaired Eaton Towers, which builds active and passive telecom infrastructure throughout Africa.

Sanjiv has sat on the boards of Telenor ASA, Network Appliance, Cadbury Schweppes and Williams Sonoma, and holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from Delhi University and a master’s degree in Computer Information Systems from Columbia University in New York.

About Vodafone Group

Vodafone Group is one of the world’s largest telecommunications companies and provides a range of services including voice, messaging, data and fixed communications. Vodafone Group has mobile operations in 25 countries, partners with mobile networks in 46 more, and fixed broadband operations in 18 markets. As of 30 June 2018, Vodafone Group had 534.5 million mobile customers and 19.9 million fixed broadband customers, including India and all of the customers in Vodafone’s joint ventures and associates.

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