Change to Board of Directors

Vodafone AirTouch PLC
23 May 2000



LORD MACLAURIN SUCCEEDS SAM GINN AS CHAIRMAN OF VODAFONE AIRTOUCH PLC


Vodafone AirTouch Plc ('the Company') announces today that Lord
MacLaurin has been elected as Chairman of the Company following
the  resignation of Sam Ginn. Paul Hazen was also elected as  a
Deputy  Chairman and the Senior non-Executive Director  of  the
Company.

Sam Ginn became Chairman on 30 June 1999 when the merger between
Vodafone and AirTouch was completed. He was previously Chairman
and Chief Executive of AirTouch Communications Inc.

Lord MacLaurin joined the Board of Vodafone Group Plc in January 1997
as  a  non-Executive Director and was elected Chairman in 1998.
When the merger between Vodafone and AirTouch was completed  in
June  1999,  he stepped down to become Deputy Chairman  of  the
combined  Group. Lord MacLaurin was appointed to the  Board  of
Tesco  Plc in 1970 and he became Chairman of Tesco in  1985,  a
position he held until his retirement in 1997.

Paul Hazen was appointed to the Board of Vodafone AirTouch in June
1999. He is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Wells Fargo
and Company and Wells Fargo Bank.

Charles Schwab has resigned from the Board. The Board thanks him for
his contribution to the Company.

Commenting on the changes, Chris Gent Chief Executive of Vodafone
AirTouch  said,  'Sam Ginn committed himself to the  successful
integration  of AirTouch into Vodafone AirTouch.  That  process
has  now  been  completed successfully. I  thank  him  for  his
contribution  to the integration of the two companies  and  the
advice and counsel he provided as Chairman of the Board, and  I
wish him well in the future. Ian MacLaurin's re-appointment  as
Chairman is excellent news and this will provide his wealth  of
experience  throughout many areas of business and a  degree  of
continuity through the current period of significant growth and
change.  This  will  undoubtedly be a major advantage  for  the
Company.'

Lord MacLaurin added, 'Vodafone AirTouch is an exciting and fast-
growing  business.  I am very pleased to be invited  to  become
Chairman. I intend to devote a substantial amount of my working
time  to  the Company, and I look forward to playing an  active
role  to  achieve  the  Company's  considerable  potential  and
continued success in the future.'

For further information contact:

Terry Barwick, Director of Corporate Affairs
Tim Brown, Investor Relations Director
Melissa Stimpson, Senior Investor Relations Manager
At Vodafone AirTouch Plc
Tel: [phone]

Lulu Bridges
Tavistock Communications Limited
Tel: [phone]


NOTES TO EDITORS:

         THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF VODAFONE AIRTOUCH PLC
                                
Lord MacLaurin of Knebworth, DL    Non-executive Chairman

Chris Gent                         Chief Executive

Paul Hazen                         Non-executive Deputy Chairman

Dr Klaus Esser                     Non-executive Deputy Chairman
                                   (from 5 June 2000)

Peter Bamford                      Chief Executive Officer
                                   for the UK Region

Thomas Geitner                     Executive Director

Julian Horn-Smith                  Chief Executive Officer for Europe,
                                   Middle East and Africa Region

Ken Hydon                          Financial Director

Dr Josef Ackermann                 Non-executive Director

Professor Michael Boskin           Non-executive Director

Professor Sir Alec Broers          Non-executive Director

Donald Fisher                      Non-executive Director

Penny Hughes                       Non-executive Director

Arun Sarin                         Non-executive Director

Sir David Scholey                  Non-executive Director

Jurgen Schrempp                    Non-executive Director

Dr Henning Schulte-Noelle          Non-executive Director