Julian Horn-Smith
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Sir Julian Horn-Smith was Deputy Chief Executive of Vodafone Group Plc until July 2006. From September 2006 to April 2007 he was Chairman of The Sage Group.
Julian joined Vodafone in 1984 as a Marketing Executive in the UK and has held a number of senior posts including Chief Operating Officer. During his career with the company, he was closely involved in many of Vodafone's major transactions, including the formation of Vodafone AirTouch in 1999 as a result of the merger of the UK and U.S. businesses to create one of the top 25 companies in the world and the agreement to acquire Mannesmann in 2000, almost doubling the size of the Vodafone Group to make it the world's largest mobile telecommunications company. In 1996 he was appointed to the Vodafone Group Plc Board and in 2005 became Deputy Chief Executive, taking responsibility for global business development.
In 2004 he received a knighthood in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to international telecommunications[1].
In 2006 he joined the Sage Group Plc Board as non-executive Chairman and as a Director and later resigned on 27 April 2007[2]. A culture clash between Horn-Smith and the rest of the board was cited as the reason for his departure, which was reportedly by mutual consent.[3]
He is serves on the boards of Lloyds TSB, Digicel and Altimo and acts as a Senior Advisor to UBS
Sir Julian read Economics at the University of London and obtained an MBA from the University of Bath in 1979. [4]
Jamie Hornsmith from the band The Rakes is the son of Sir Julian Hornsmith
[edit] References
- ^ PMS Honours Briefing - 11 June. 10 Downing Street (2004-06-11). Retrieved on 2007-04-27.
- ^ Elliott, Mike. "Sage says chairman has resigned", Reuters, 2007-04-27. Retrieved on 2007-04-27.
- ^ Wearden, Graeme. "Sage chairman leaves after culture clash", The Guardian, 2007-04-27. Retrieved on 2007-04-27.
- ^ "Upwardly Mobile", BA2 Magazine 2008.
