- Arun Sarin
Arun Sarin spent almost his entire working life in the telecommunications industry. He built an enviable professional record by combining various talents and skills: his technical knowledge, his business strategy, and his financial acumen were all legendary. He held several senior-executive-level positions in major U.S. companies in the telecommunications industry. At times, his ascension into top-management positions appeared almost meteoric.
- Chris Gent
Sir Christopher Gent (Beckenham, Kent, May 10, 1948) is the former chief executive officer of Vodafone, a British cell-phone company. After retiring in July 2003, he was awarded the honorary title of Company's President for Life on his departure as a mark of his achievement in developing the company, till his resignation from that position in March 2006. The title carried no salary, nor any advisory responsibilities, …
- John Bond
Sir John Reginald Hartnell Bond retired as chairman of HSBC Holdings plc on 26 May 2006, after spending 45 years with the bank. He took up the position of Chairman of Vodafone in July 2006. He has been appointed as a member of the Hong Kong Chief Executive's Council of International Advisers.
- Lowell McAdam
Lowell C. McAdam is president and CEO of Verizon Wireless, the premier wireless provider with the nation's most reliable wireless voice and data network. Prior to this position, McAdam was the executive vice president and chief operating officer for Verizon Wireless. Previously, McAdam was president and CEO of PrimeCo Personal Communications, a joint venture owned by Bell Atlantic and Vodafone AirTouch.
- Peter Bamford
Peter Bamford has been the Chief Marketing Officer of Vodafone during the period between 2003 - April 2006. He was also a Board director since: April 1998. Previously, he was Chief Executive, Northern Europe, Middle East & Africa Region and Managing Director of Vodafone UK. Before joining Vodafone in 1997, Peter Bamford held senior positions with Kingfisher plc and Tesco PLC and was a director of WH Smith PLC.
- Julian Horn-Smith
Sir Julian Horn-Smith was Deputy Chief Executive of Vodafone Group Plc until July 2006. From September 2006 to April 2007 he was Chairman of The Sage Group. Julian joined Vodafone in 1984 as a Marketing Executive in the UK and has held a number of senior posts including Chief Operating Officer. During his career with the company, he was closely involved in many of Vodafone's major transactions, …
- Thomas Geitner
Thomas Geitner (born 14 March 1955 in Heidenheim, Germany) is the CEO, New Businesses & Innovation of Vodafone since April 2006, and also a Board director since May 2000. As a consequence of the restructuring of the Vodafone organisation, he is due to leave the post and company end of 2006. Thomas Geitner joined Vodafone in 2000 as an Executive Director, with responsibility for establishing and managing Global Products and Services, …
- Bill Morrow
Bill Morrow is the President and COO of Pacific Gas and Electric Company, effective 15th August 2006. For the previous 10 years he was affiliated with Vodafone Group PLC, resigning from his position as CEO Europe on 24th July 2006. Prior to joining Vodafone, Bill was located on the outskirts of California’s silicon Valley and managed a variety of functions within Pacific Bell. Bill was appointed President of Vodafone K.K. on 1 April 2005.
- Paul Donovan
Paul Donovan (fl. 2000s) is CEO Central Europe, Middle East, Asia Pacific and Affiliates of Vodafone Group Plc. In 2005, Paul was appointed Chief Executive Officer for Other Vodafone Subsidiaries (OVS), comprising a number of Vodafone's operations including those in emerging markets. He joined Vodafone UK in 1999 as Managing Director - Commercial, and in 2001 was appointed CEO of Vodafone Ireland.
- David Collins
David Collins (born 1984) is an Irish sportsman. He plays hurling with his local club Liam Mellows and with the Galway senior inter-county team. He plays in the midfield position on both teams.
- Frank Rovekamp
Frank Rovekamp , Global Chief Marketing Officer, was appointed to this position and joined the Executive Committee on 1 May 2006. He joined Vodafone four years ago 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.
- Hans Snook
Hans Roger Snook (born 1948) is a businessman, best known for his time as the charismatic black-leather-Nehru-jacketed chief executive of UK mobile phone company Orange. Born to a German mother and a British father, Snook grew up in Edmonton, Canada. He began his career in hotel management in Vancouver. In 1983 he set off on a round the world trip, which was cut short when he arrived in Hong Kong and became Chief Executive of a wireless paging business, …
- Philip Yea
Yea was in such demand in 2004 that he turned down the chief executive's job at British Land to take the same title at 3i Group, where he became the first "outsider" to run the company. He joined after five years in private equity with Investcorp and quickly showed his independence by changing the co-investment rules for 3i executives - the group was previously different from other private equity firms in that managers were not obliged to put their money into deals.
- Overseer
Rob Overseer (who publishes his music under just his last name) is a English DJ/producer, born in Leeds whose works have been included in soundtracks for "Animatrix", "Snatch" and "Any Given Sunday", as well as video games like "Need for Speed: Underground" and "Stuntman", among others.
- Martin Dwyer
Martin Dwyer (born June 28, 1975 in Aintree, Liverpool) is an English Derby winning flat racing jockey having won the 2006 Vodafone Derby upon Sir Percy. This was his second classic success after winning the Epsom Oaks aboard Casual Look in 2003. Dwyer is married to Claire, daughter of horse racing trainer Willie Muir.
- Michael Boskin
Michael J. Boskin is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and the T. M. Friedman Professor of Economics at Stanford University. He is also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. In addition, he serves on several federal advisory panels and as an adviser to presidents and prime ministers, finance ministries, and central banks around the world, from the United States to China.
- John Caudwell
John Caudwell is an English billionaire who has made most of his money in the mobile phone business. The Caudwell Group is a mobile communications company, founded by John and his brother Brian Caudwell in 1987 as Midland Mobile Phones, a small local business which took 8 months to sell its first order of 26 phones. The group now sells 26 phones every minute. Developing from a small dealership to a wholesale distributor, turnover expanded to £13 million in 1991, …
- Brian Murphy
Brian Murphy (born 1982) is an Irish sportsman. He plays in the corner-back position on the Cork senior hurling team. A player with the Bride Rovers GAA club in County Cork Murphy has won many honours as a hurler with his club and county. In 2000 he won a Munster Minor Championship medal with Cork, later going on to win Munster Intermediate, All-Ireland Intermediate and Munster Senior Championship hurling honours in 2003.
- Penny Hughes
Penny Hughes (born 1959) is a British businesswoman. Hughes attained a degree in chemistry from Sheffield University. She spent 10 years with Coca-Cola, and became the company's President for the UK & Ireland division at the age of 33. She has also been a director of the Bodyshop, GAP, TrinityMirror and Next PLC. Penny currently serves as a non-executive director of Vodafone PLC and Reuters and is a trustee of the British Museum.
- Joseph Kahn
Joseph Kahn (born October 12, 1972) in Jersey Village, Texas (a suburb of Houston) is a notable music video, advertising, and feature film director. Kahn has worked with diverse artists such as Muse, Britney Spears, Kelly Clarkson, Backstreet Boys, U2, The Chemical Brothers, Blink 182, Eminem, TLC, Mariah Carey, Moby, George Michael, KoRn, Janet Jackson, Black Eyed Peas, Destiny's Child, and many more. Kahn has collected multiple Music Video Production awards.
- Shannon Paku
Shannon Paku (born 23 September 1980 in Masterton, New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby union player, currently playing for the Hurricanes, who play in the Super 14 competition, and for the Vodafone Wellington Lions who play in the Air New Zealand Cup. He plays on the wing and at fullback. In 2003, he was signed to the (Auckland) Blues. He returned to Wellington and to play for the Hurricanes for the 2004 season.
- Alberto Bevilacqua
- Hamish Clark
Hamish Clark (says he was born in 1965) in Broughty Ferry, Dundee. He is a Scottish actor, briefly famous for playing the part of Duncan McKay in the BBC TV series "Monarch of the Glen". Hamish currently lives in London. He was also once the face of the Vodafone adverts.
- David Rendel
David Digby Rendel (born April 15 1949) is a British politician. He was a Member of Parliament for Newbury for the Liberal Democrats from 1993, when he won the by-election caused by the death of Judith Chaplin, until 2005, when he lost to Conservative candidate Richard Benyon. At the time he lost his seat he was the Liberal Democrats' spokesperson on Higher and Further Education.
- Kostas Tsalikidis
Kostas Tsalikidis (d. March 9, 2005) was head of Network Design of Vodafone Greece, and believed to be involved in the Greek telephone tapping case 2004-2005. He was found hanged in his flat. The verdict of his death indicated suicide. However, when 'Ta Nea' revealed that Vodafone Greece had discovered wiretapping equipment in its network around the same time as his suicide, the media speculation went into overdrive.
- David A. Gross
Ambassador David A. Gross has served since August 2001 as the U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy in the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs. He was nominated by President George W. Bush and confirmed by the Senate. Ambassador Gross began his career in communications more than twenty years ago.
- Ger Spillane
Ger Spillane, born 3 March 1981, is a member of the Cork inter-county Gaelic football team and is one of the Vodafone GAA All Stars for the 2006 season. After several successful seasons with the Cork junior Gaelic football side, he made his senior debut against Offally in a league game in 2006. After some good performances, he quickly became an important part of the first team, playing at centre half back. In the championship, he put in some great performances, …
- J.J. Delaney
J.J. Delaney (born 6 March, 1982) is an Irish sportsman. He is normally a half-back on the Kilkenny senior hurling team, although he is currently playing in the full-back position. J.J. Delaney was born in County Kilkenny in 1982. His father, Shem, was a former inter-county hurler. J.J. is a nephew of Billy Fitzpatrick and Pat Delaney, both former inter-county stars with Kilkenny.
- Annabelle Bond
Annabelle Bond (born 1969), is a British fundraiser and socialite. She has held the title of second fastest woman to complete the 103 kilometre MacLehose Trail marathon in Hong Kong. In 2005 she became the fastest woman and fourth fastest person ever to climb all Seven Summits, when she climbed them all in 360 days. She also reached the summit of Mount Everest in 2004, becoming the fourth British woman ever to successfully climb the mountain.
- Zita Görög
Zita Görög " (born September 27,1979 in Pásztó, Hungary) is a Hungarian actress and model, often credited as "Zita Gorog". Görög specialized in drama at the Bródy Imre Grammar School in Budapest. She started modelling when she was 18 and first job was the Agnés B. fashion-show in Paris with fellow model Laetitia Casta. She worked in 24 countries as a model, among them one year in the USA, one year in Italy and a half year in France.
- Michael Haussman
Michael Haussman is a celebrated American music video, motion pictures and television advertisement director, writer and producer. He currently lives in Rome, Italy. His internationally acclaimed commercials have won numerous awards and are featured in advertising books and trade journals. They include campaigns for Levi's, Adidas, Replay Jeans, Guinness, Dockers, Coca-Cola, Vodafone and Volkswagen. Michael has just finished a major campaign for Martini with George Clooney, …
- Ian MacLaurin Baron MacLaurin of Knebworth
Ian Charter MacLaurin, Baron MacLaurin of Knebworth (born March 30, 1937) is a British businessman who has been Chairman of Vodafone and Chairman and Chief Executive of Tesco. Ian MacLaurin was born in 1937 in Blackheath, Kent. He attended Malvern College as a pupil. Ian MacLaurin was knighted in 1989, and was created a life peer in 1996 taking the title Baron MacLaurin of Knebworth, of Knebworth in the County of Hertfordshire.
- Lee Baldry
Lee Baldry (born April 20 1979) is a British television presenter. He was one of the hosts on the late night ITV game show "Quizmania". Baldry started out as a marine engineering officer before travelling the world and living in Thailand. After returning to the U.K., Baldry started off compereing for several different corporate clients, and has made such progress and impressions on the business that it was not long before he had made a name from himself.
- Samuel Ginn
Samuel L. Ginn (Born April, 1937) a native of Anniston, AL, received a degree in industrial management from Auburn University in 1959. He is considered a pioneer in the wireless communications industry and is a retired chairman and CEO of Vodafone AirTouch, PLC. Ginn was appointed by Gov. Bob Riley for an at large seat on the Auburn University Board of Trustees in 2005. His term expires on February 16, 2012.
- Jeff T. Thomas
Jeff T. Thomas aka Jeff Thomas is a director living in London. He has directed TV shows such as CSI:NY and Without a Trace. Jeff Added the T to his name when starting to work in the US as there is another director there of the same name. Jeff has directed over 100 music videos, for acts such as Ash, Jet and Travis and many award winning commercials for clients such as Audi, Playstation, Vauxhall and Vodafone. He continues to work in both Los Angeles and London.
- David Casalini
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- Francesco Iarlori
Over 15 years of experience in sales, strategic planning & business development within major player in Global Information and Communication Technology. Visionary and strategic planner in leading, advancing, evaluating strategic and tactical plans, and implement them directly at the customer or internal to the company.Adviser for Investor or Multinational Companies willing to address new GEOs market such us Europe, USA and Africa, this also cooperating with UN for developing countries.
- Sami Yusuf
Sami Yusuf is a British composer, singer and an accomplished musician. He was born in July 1980 into a musical family of Azeri origin, thus music played an integral part in his life. Sami learnt to play several instruments at a very young age and gradually began to show a keen interest in singing and composing.
- Maria Sgromo
- Matteo Baccan
Application Developer, Database Administrator, and Project Manager in a wide variety of business applications. Particularly interested in client/server, relational database design using Oracle, Sybase, and MS-SQL Server and programming in general PHP, C, C++, C#, Java. Always interested in migration projects, as well as close interaction with the DB manufacturers. Speaker at Webbit (Java 5 + AOP Programming), Borland Forum (Inprise Application Server) and Java Flavour Day (JDBC . . .