Nick Read

Nicholas Jonathan Read (born 1964) is a British businessman, and the CEO of Vodafone Group.

Nick Read
Nick Read in 2020
Born
Nicholas Jonathan Read

1964/1965 (age 56–57)[1]
NationalityBritish
EducationManchester Polytechnic
OccupationBusinessman
TitleCEO, Vodafone
TermOctober 2018-
PredecessorVittorio Colao

Early life

He earned a degree in accounting and finance from Manchester Polytechnic (now Manchester Metropolitan University) in 1986.[1] He is a Certified Management Accountant.[1]

Career

He worked for United Business Media Plc and Federal Express Worldwide, rising to chief financial officer for the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region.[1][2]

He joined Vodafone UK in 2001 as the finance director.[2] On 1 May 2006, he became chief executive of Vodafone UK, when Arun Sarin was the chief executive of Vodafone.[1]

In 2014, Read became the chief financial officer of Vodafone and joined the company's board.[2]

In May 2018, Vittorio Colao announced that he would step down as Vodafone CEO, effective October 2018, and that he would be succeeded by Read, the finance director.[3][4]


References
  1. "Bloomberg profile: Nicholas Jonathan Read". Bloomberg LP. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  2. "Nick Read to succeed Vittorio Colao as Vodafone Group CEO". The Financial Express. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  3. "Vodafone boss Vittorio Colao to step down". BBC News. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  4. Sandle, Paul; Holton, Kate (15 May 2018). "UPDATE 2-Vodafone's Vittorio Colao to step down in October, Nick Read to step up". CNBC.


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