Sir Alec Broers Appointed to Board

Vodafone AirTouch PLC
9 November 1999


PROFESSOR SIR ALEC BROERS APPOINTED TO VODAFONE AIRTOUCH BOARD

Vodafone  AirTouch  Plc  today announced that  Professor  Sir  Alec
Broers  has  been  appointed  as  a  non-Executive  Director   with
immediate effect.  Professor Sir Alec had previously been a  member
of  the Vodafone Group Plc Board, and had stood down following  the
merger between Vodafone and AirTouch Communications, Inc which  was
completed  on  30  June  1999.  Since that time  he  has  held  the
position of Director Emeritus of Vodafone AirTouch Plc, an advisory
position without formal Director status.

Aged  60,  Professor Sir Alec is the Vice-Chancellor  of  Cambridge
University.  He spent many years with IBM and is a  Fellow  of  the
Royal Society, the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Institution of
Electrical  Engineers, the Institute of Physics and  is  a  Foreign
Associate of the US National Academy of Engineering.



For further information contact:

Tim Brown, Investor Relations Director, or
Melissa Stimpson, Senior Investor Relations Manager
at Vodafone AirTouch Plc
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Lulu Bridges
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