
	Andy Halford, Chief Financial Officer, aged 54, joined the Board in July 2005. He joined Vodafone in 1999 as Financial Director for Vodafone Limited, the UK operating company, and in 2001 he became Financial Director for Vodafone&#39;s Northern Europe, Middle East and Africa Region.
	
	Andy was previously Chief Financial Officer of Verizon Wireless in the US and prior to joining Vodafone, he was Group Finance Director at East Midlands Electricity Plc.
	
	Andy is a non-executive director of Marks and Spencer plc and is a former Chairman of the Hundred Group of Finance Directors.
	
	He holds a bachelors degree in Industrial Economics from Nottingham University and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
