Press Release | 12 Sep 2013

VODAFONE UK APPOINTS JEROEN HOENCAMP AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Vodafone UK announces that Jeroen Hoencamp will succeed Guy Laurence as Chief Executive later this year. Hoencamp, currently Vodafone UK Enterprise Director, will report to Philipp Humm, Regional CEO Europe.

Hoencamp became Vodafone UK Enterprise Director in January. Prior to that he was Chief Executive of Vodafone Ireland for two and half years. Previously he held a number of marketing and sales roles in Vodafone Netherlands for 12 years. Hoencamp’s successor will be announced in due course.

Guy Laurence will leave Vodafone in November to become President and Chief Executive Officer of Rogers Communications, one of Canada’s largest communications and media companies.

Laurence has spent more than a decade with Vodafone in a variety of senior positions. He became Chief Executive of Vodafone Netherlands in 2005 and moved to Chief Executive of Vodafone UK in late 2008. During his time in the UK, Laurence has transformed the business into a more customer-focused operation, secured a network sharing agreement with Telefonica UK, integrated Cable and Wireless Worldwide and most recently launched Vodafone UK’s 4G service.

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Vodafone UK is a technology communications company that connects people, businesses and devices to help our customers benefit from digital innovation. Our services span mobile, fixed-line connections, home and office broadband, and the Internet of Things (IoT).

We have a strong track record as a tech pioneer, making the UK’s first mobile phone call, sending the first text message, and making the UK’s first live holographic call using 5G in 2018. We were the first to start carrying live 5G traffic from a site in Salford, Greater Manchester and now have 5G in locations across Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain as well as the UK. Meanwhile, our 4G network coverage currently reaches over 99% of the UK population.

Today, Vodafone serves more than 18 million mobile and fixed-line customers in the UK. Vodafone is the largest provider of full fibre in the UK – our superfast broadband services are now available to nearly 12 million homes across the UK.

Sustainability is also at the heart of what we do: as of 1 July 2021, 100% of the grid electricity we use in the UK is certified to be from renewable sources.

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