Deegan to replace Coimbra as Vodafone Spain CEO

News General Spain 1 OKT 2020
Deegan to replace Coimbra as Vodafone Spain CEO

Vodafone has announced the appointment of Colman Deegan as new CEO of Vodafone Spain, replacing Antonio Coimbra who is stepping down after 8 years at the helm to become non-executive chairman of the company. Deegan joined Vodafone in 1998 and has held senior roles in group Finance & M&A as well as CFO roles in Vodafone India and Vodafone Italia. He has been chief executive of Vodafone Turkey since 2016, achieving a double-digit growth in service revenue, said the company. He will also be joining the Vodafone Group Executive Committee.

Coimbra has been with Vodafone for 28 years, starting as commercial director at Telecel (now Vodafone Portugal). During his 8 years as CEO of Spain he oversaw the integration of broadband provider Ono in 2014, converted the company into a fully converged operator as well as the first to launch commercial 5G services back in June 2019.


 

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