New Non-executive Directors

Vodafone Group Plc
07 November 2006


7 November 2006

                  VODAFONE APPOINTS NEW NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

Vodafone Group Plc (Vodafone) announces that Nick Land and Alan Jebson have been
appointed as Non-Executive Directors with effect from 1 December 2006.

Nick Land, aged 58, recently retired as Chairman of Ernst & Young LLP after a
distinguished career spanning 36 years with the firm. He became an audit partner
in 1978 and held a number of management appointments before becoming Managing
Partner in 1992. He was appointed Chairman and joined the global Executive Board
in 1995. He is a non-executive director of Royal Dutch Shell, the BBA Group and
the Ashmore Group. He also sits on the Advisory Board of the Cambridge Judge
Business School, is a member of the National Gallery's Finance and Audit
Committees and is Chairman of the Practices Advisory Board of the Institute of
Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Alan Jebson, aged 57, retired in May from his role as Group Chief Operating
Officer of HSBC Holdings Plc, a position which included responsibility for IT
and Global Resourcing. During a long career with HSBC, Alan held various
positions in IT, including the position of Group CIO. His roles included
responsibility for the Group's international systems, including the
consolidation of HSBC and Midland systems following the acquisition of Midland
Bank in 1993. Alan originally joined HSBC as Head of IT Audit in 1978 where,
building upon his qualification as a chartered accountant, he built an
international audit team and implemented controls in the Group's application
systems. He has recently been appointed as a non-executive director of McDonald
Dettweiler in Canada.

Sir John Bond, Chairman of Vodafone, commented 'I am delighted to welcome Nick
and Alan to the Vodafone Board and look forward to their contributions. Nick's
financial expertise and experience of dealing with major corporations in many
parts of the world will be invaluable to us and Alan's knowledge of
international information technology systems, including his experience of CRM
and data mining, as well as his financial background will be a great asset for
Vodafone.'

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Notes to editors:

The Board of Vodafone Group Plc, from 1 December 2006, will be as follows:


Sir John Bond     -    Chairman
Arun Sarin        -    Chief Executive
John Buchanan     -    Deputy Chairman
Vittorio Colao    -    Deputy Chief Executive
Thomas Geitner*   -    Executive Director
Andy Halford      -    Chief Financial Officer
Lord Broers
Dr Michael Boskin
Alan Jebson
Nick Land
Anne Lauvergeon
Jurgen Schrempp
Luc Vandevelde
Tony Watson
Philip Yea

* leaving on 31 December 2006


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