Management Appointments

Vodafone Group Plc
07 February 2005



7 February 2005

                         SENIOR MANAGEMENT APPOINTMENTS

Vodafone today announces that it has strengthened its management team in Japan
by appointing Bill Morrow, currently Chief Executive of Vodafone UK, as
President of Vodafone K.K. Shiro Tsuda will become Executive Chairman and
Chairman of the Board of Vodafone K.K. and with Bill Morrow, will lead the next
phase of the development of the company. Tim Miles, at present Managing Director
of Vodafone New Zealand, will become Chief Executive of the UK business. These
appointments will take effect from 1 April 2005.

Arun Sarin, Vodafone Group Chief Executive Officer said:

' The combination of Shiro Tsuda and Bill Morrow is the ideal partnership to
lead our business in Japan. Since his appointment last year, Shiro Tsuda has
reviewed the business, made his recommendations, and we have agreed these
changes to begin the next phase of the turnaround. Bill Morrow already has an
outstanding track record of success in Japan, most recently through his
leadership of Japan Telecom and as President of Japan Telecom Holdings. I am
very confident that this new team, both of whom are experienced and respected
managers in this market, is a winning combination for Vodafone Japan.'

Shiro Tsuda commented:

' Bill Morrow brings an abundance of Japanese and global business experience to
Vodafone K.K. I am extremely pleased to be working with such an experienced
general manager and look forward to his return.'

Arun Sarin added:

' I am also pleased that Tim Miles will be joining our UK business as Chief
Executive. In New Zealand, he has led one of the most successful operations
within the Group and is a talented and respected manager. He is very well placed
to execute the strategy which Bill Morrow and his team have put in place in the
UK.'

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Biographies

Shiro Tsuda

Shiro Tsuda joined Nippon Telephone and Telegraph Public Corporation (now NTT)
in 1970, becoming General Manager of the Company's Mobile Communications
Division in 1990, helping to establish the mobile phone project that later
became NTT DoCoMo.

In 1992 he became involved in corporate strategy as Planning Division Manager.
He was appointed a member of the NTT DoCoMo Board in 1996 as Corporate Planning
Director and Senior Vice President and Network Division Director in April 2000.
In this position he headed the launch of FOMA, the world's first 3G mobile
network based on W-CDMA technology in October 2001. Shiro Tsuda's appointment as
President and Executive Officer was announced in August 2004.

Bill Morrow

Bill Morrow has over twenty-three years experience in the telecommunications
industry holding senior leadership roles in the USA, Asia and Europe. From 1980
- 1995 he held various management positions at Pacific Bell before becoming a
Director at Airtouch in 1995. He then became Chief Technical Officer of Proximus
- Belgium in 1998 and then Executive Vice President and COO.

For the last eight years he has been a part of the Vodafone Group. He was made
Vice President, Technology Strategy, in March 2000 and in 2001 he became Vice
President and Country Manager, Vodafone Japan. He then became President and
Representative Director, Japan Telecom and the Japan Telecom Holdings, before
his appointment as Chief Executive of the Vodafone UK business in February 2004.

Tim Miles

Tim Miles has over twenty years experience in the IT and Telecommunications
industry having worked in Asia, the United States and New Zealand for IBM,
Unisys and Data General. He held the position of Managing Director of Unisys New
Zealand from 1995 to 1999 and in 2000 was appointed Vice President Operations
Global Industries, with responsibility for all the major telecommunications
customers of Unisys.

In August 2001, he joined Vodafone New Zealand as Director of Business Markets
and was appointed Managing Director of Vodafone New Zealand in 2002. Over this
time period, Vodafone New Zealand has increased its market share, becoming the
number one operator, and has significantly increased its share of the business
market.



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