Composition of our Supervisory Board

The Supervisory Board consists of the following eight members (composition as on 31 December 2022): 

Serpil Timuray  (F, 1969, Turkish) 

(Chair until 31-12-2022) 
Appointed as of 31-12-2018 until 31-12-2022, reappointed until 31-12-2026 
CEO Europe Cluster Vodafone Group 

Manuel Kohnstamm  (M, 1962, Dutch) 

(Chair as of 01-01-2023) 
Appointed as of 22-03-2019 until 22-03-2023, reappointed until 22-03-2027 
Senior Vice President & Chief Corporate Affairs Officer Liberty Global 

Baptiest Coopmans (M, 1965, Dutch)

Appointed as of 31-12-2016 until 31-12-2020, reappointed until 31-12-2022, reappointed until 31-12-2026 
Member of Executive Leadership Team Liberty Global 

Charlie Bracken (M, 1966, British) 

Appointed as of 31-12-2016 until 31-12-2020, reappointed until 31-12-2022, reappointed until 31-12-2026 
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer Liberty Global 

Carmen Velthuis (F, 1974, Dutch) 

Appointed as of 31-12-2019 until 31-12-2023 
CFO Vodafone Germany 

Sateesh Kamath (M, 1973, Indian) 

Appointed as of 11-11-2022 until 11-11-2026 
CFO EU Cluster Vodafone Group 

Huub Willems (M, 1944, Dutch) 

Appointed as of 31-12-2016 until 31-12-2020, reappointed until 31-12-2022, reappointed until 31-12-2026 
Professor of Corporate Litigation at the University of Groningen and former chairman of the Enterprise Chamber of the Amsterdam Court of Appeal 

Carla Mahieu (F, 1959, Dutch) 

Appointed as of 22-05-2017 until 22-05-2021, reappointed until 22-05-2023, reappointed until 22-05-2027
Supervisory Board member DSM and Supervisory Board member Arcadis  

Bettina Karsch resigned as member of the Supervisory Board on 30-06-2022. 

Carmen Velthuis is expected to resign as member of the Supervisory Board per May 2023. The intention is that she will be replaced by Vodafone Group representative John Otty.

The Supervisory Board has two sub-committees (composition as on 31-12-2022): 

  • The Audit, Risk & Compliance Committee: Charlie Bracken (Chair), Baptiest Coopmans, Carmen Velthuis and Sateesh Kamath

  • The Remuneration & Nomination Committee: Manuel Kohnstamm (Chair), Charlie Bracken, Sateesh Kamath, Serpil Timuray

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