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alliance champion. Read also joined the board of
Booking Holdings Inc as a non-executive director in 2018 and member of the audit committee. In December 2022, it was announced that Read would be stepping down as Group CEO of Vodafone; he remained as an advisor to Vodafone's board until 31 March 2023.
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in the UK, Belgium and the United States. He also worked at
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330:"Bloomberg profile: Nicholas Jonathan Read"
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303:Armitage, Jim (14 November 2021).
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207:While Read was serving as CFO for
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143:Nicholas Jonathan Read
135:Margherita Della Valle
58:Nicholas Jonathan Read
1186:Products and services
398:The Financial Express
198:United Business Media
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1314:England cricket team
1172:United Arab Emirates
843:Vodafone Netherlands
783:Vodafone Deutschland
1597:English accountants
1488:Vodafone Ski Resort
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788:Vodafone Automotive
559:"Nick Read profile"
526:. Booking Holdings.
272:across the Atlantic
153:and is chairman of
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1577:1964 births
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1448:(1998β2002)
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1425:Vodacom Cup
1421:(2001β2010)
1412:(1999β2011)
1388:(1994β2017)
1358:(2000β2005)
1349:(2000β2006)
1316:(1996β2010)
1287:Tony Watson
1252:Alan Jebson
1235:Steve Pusey
1152:Switzerland
1137:South Korea
1099:Philippines
857:Ziggo Sport
836:Netherlands
745:New Zealand
284:Booking.com
225:Vodafone UK
159:Booking.com
121:Predecessor
97:Businessman
76:Nationality
1566:Categories
1536:Mannesmann
1401:(Vodacom)
1292:Philip Yea
1219:(Chairman)
1207:Corporate
1069:Luxembourg
947:Azerbaijan
900:Mozambique
290:References
94:Occupation
64:1964-09-29
1472:(2007β13)
1464:(Vodacom)
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1277:Nick Read
1262:Nick Land
1209:directors
1124:Singapore
1064:Lithuania
1041:Hong Kong
970:(defunct)
937:Argentina
816:Safaricom
804:Australia
720:(defunct)
618:Bloomberg
583:The Times
450:The Times
211:in 2001,
165:Education
131:Successor
84:Education
36:Nick Read
1511:AirTouch
1367:(2012β)
1198:Betavine
1129:Slovenia
990:Colombia
967:Cameroon
962:Bulgaria
924:Partners
911:Tanzania
890:DR Congo
871:Ziggo TV
828:Ethiopia
758:Portugal
660:Vodafone
404:7 August
362:Vodafone
256:HeForShe
213:Vodafone
177:(CGMA).
107:Vodafone
1496:(1999β)
1490:(2005β)
1484:(2013β)
1478:(2000β)
1466:(2009β)
1403:(1998β)
1343:(2012β)
1334:(2005β)
1325:(2012β)
1310:(2014β)
1167:Ukraine
1046:Iceland
1023:Finland
1015:Estonia
1005:Denmark
995:Croatia
952:Belgium
942:Austria
932:Armenia
905:Nigeria
895:Lesotho
879:Vodacom
812:(45.2%)
763:Romania
725:Ireland
709:Hungary
694:Germany
679:Albania
339:21 July
209:Vizzavi
79:British
1551:ZooZoo
1526:Cheeka
1193:M-Pesa
1157:Taiwan
1147:Sweden
1119:Serbia
1114:Russia
1104:Poland
1084:Norway
1059:Latvia
1028:France
1000:Cyprus
975:Canada
881:(65%)
838:(50%)
818:(40%)
768:Turkey
748:(sold)
740:Jordan
712:(sold)
704:Greece
489:16 May
188:Career
173:and a
1516:Arcor
1504:Other
1237:(CTO)
1231:(CFO)
1225:(CEO)
1142:Spain
1109:Qatar
1054:Japan
985:Chile
957:Benin
850:Ziggo
822:Kenya
810:India
806:(50%)
730:Italy
717:India
699:Ghana
689:Egypt
105:CEO,
102:Title
1531:ihug
1094:Peru
1089:Oman
1050:Iran
1036:Guam
1019:Fiji
510:CNBC
491:2018
406:2020
341:2018
113:Term
54:Born
734:ho.
221:CCO
202:CFO
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