Serpil Timuray

Ms. Timuray is the Vodafone Group plc CEO of Europe Cluster and a member of the Vodafone Executive Committee. Ms Timuray oversees Vodafone’s interest in the joint venture companies of VodafoneZiggo in Netherlands, VodafoneIdea in India and TPG Telecom. She is the Chairperson of Vodafone Turkey and Vice-Chairperson of VodafoneZiggo Netherlands. Prior to her current role, she was the Group Chief Commercial Operations and Strategy Officer. Formerly she was the Regional CEO for AMAP (Africa, Middle East, Asia, Pacific) where she served as a Board member of the listed companies of Vodacom Group, Safaricom and Vodafone Qatar. Ms Timuray joined Vodafone in 2009 as the CEO of Turkey.

Prior to joining Vodafone, Ms Timuray was the CEO of Danone Turkey from 2002 to 2008.

She began her career at Procter & Gamble in 1991, where she held several marketing roles and was subsequently appointed to the Executive Committee in Turkey.

Ms. Timuray is a Non-Executive Director of Danone Group Plc since April 2015 and chairs the Board’s Corporate Social Responsibility Committee. She is a member of the Young Global Leader Alumni of the World Economic Forum and a member of the Global 50.

Ms. Timuray holds a degree in business administration from Bogazici University in Istanbul.

Ms. Timuray’s appointment to the Board commenced on 29 March 2023.