Directorate Change

Vodafone Group Plc
23 May 2006


23 May 2006

                JOHN BUCHANAN TO BE DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF VODAFONE

                PAUL HAZEN AND PENNY HUGHES TO RETIRE FROM BOARD

Vodafone Group Plc ('Vodafone') announces today that, upon the conclusion of its
Annual General Meeting on 25 July 2006 ('AGM'), John Buchanan will become Deputy
Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Company's Senior Independent
Director, in succession to Paul Hazen who has decided to retire from the Board.
John Buchanan, aged 62, has been a member of the Vodafone Board since April 2003
and is a member of the Audit Committee. He retired from BP plc in 2002 after six
years as Group Chief Financial Officer and executive director following a
wide-ranging career with the company. He is Chairman of Smith & Nephew plc and a
non-executive director of AstraZeneca PLC and BHP Billiton.

Paul Hazen has been a member of the Vodafone Board since June 1999 and became
Deputy Chairman and Senior Independent Director in May 2000. He has served as
Chairman of the Audit Committee and is a member of the Nominations & Governance
Committee.

Vodafone also announces that Penny Hughes, a non-executive director since
September 1998, has decided not to seek re-election at the AGM and to retire
from the Board. She served on the Remuneration Committee between 2000 and 2005,
becoming its Chairman in 2001, and is a member of the Audit Committee.

Lord MacLaurin of Knebworth, DL, Chairman of Vodafone, commented, 'Paul Hazen
has served with distinction as a non-executive director since 1999 and we thank
him for his contribution, particularly as a long-serving Chairman of our Audit
Committee. Penny Hughes has been a fine, active non-executive director and did
an exceptional job for Vodafone when chairing our Remuneration Committee. Her
contribution cannot be overstated and I wish her well in the future. The Board
is delighted that John Buchanan has accepted the role of Deputy Chairman.
Together with Sir John Bond, my successor, I am confident that the leadership of
the Board of Vodafone is in good hands'.


Notes to Editors:

Following the AGM on 25 July, the Board of Vodafone will be:

Sir John Bond - Chairman

John Buchanan - Deputy Chairman and Senior Independent Director

Arun Sarin - Chief Executive

Thomas Geitner - CEO, New Business and Innovation

Andy Halford - Chief Financial Officer

Dr Michael Boskin - Non-executive director (Chair of Audit Committee)

Lord Broers - Non-executive director

Anne Lauvergeon - Non-executive director

Prof. Jurgen Schrempp - Non-executive director

Luc Vandevelde - Non-executive director (Chair of Remuneration Committee)

Anthony Watson - Non-executive director

Philip Yea - Non-executive director



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