Nick Read
Nicholas Jonathan Read is a British businessman, and the CEO Vodafone Group.Early life
He earned a degree in accounting and finance from Manchester Polytechnic in 1986. He is a Certified Management Accountant.Career
He worked for United Business Media Plc and Federal Express Worldwide, rising to chief financial officer for the EMEA region.
He joined Vodafone UK in 2001, becoming chief executive on 1 May 2006, when Arun Sarin was the chief executive of Vodafone.
He has served as the chief financial officer of Vodafone since 2014 and became the chief executive officer of Vodafone Group in October 2018.
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.
