Vodafone promotes AMAP head to commercial, strategy chief

News Wireless Global 29 JUL 2016
Vodafone promotes AMAP head to commercial, strategy chief
Vodafone Group announced the appointment of Serpil Timuray as Chief Commercial Operations and Strategy Officer and the appointment of Vivek Badrinath as Timuray's successor as Chief Executive for the Africa, Middle East and Asia-Pacific (AMAP) region. The appointments are effective 15 October. Timuray will remain on the Group Executive Committee and Vivek Badrinath will join the Committee; both will report to Vodafone CEO Vittorio Colao. 

Timuray has been CEO of the AMAP region and a member of the Group Executive Committee since January 2014. She joined Vodafone as CEO of Vodafone Turkey in January 2009 and was previously General Manager of Danone Turkey from 2002-2008. She began her career in 1991 in marketing at Procter & Gamble. 

Badrinath comes from AccorHotels where he is the Deputy Chief Executive responsible for marketing, digital solutions, distribution and information systems. He was previously Deputy Chief Executive with Orange and service in roles such as Executive Director responsible for Orange's Business Services division, leadership of Orange's global networks and operators division and Chief Technology Officer for Orange's mobile activities. He is also a former CEO of the consumer electronics firm Thomson India and has served as a director on Nokia's board, where he will step down with immediate effect.

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