No Japan impact as CEO Sir Chris Gent leaves Vodafone. (Upfront).Vodafone's chief executive, Chris Gent Sir Christopher Gent (Beckenham, Kent, May 10, 1948) is the former chief executive officer of Vodafone, a British cell-phone company. After retiring in July 2003, he was awarded the honorary title of Company's President for Life on his departure as a mark of his achievement in , announced in December that he is to resign from his position in July. His successor is the 48-year-old Arun Sarin Arun Sarin (Hindi:अरुण सरीन) (born October 21 1954, in Pachmarhi, Madhya Pradesh, India) is the CEO of the world's biggest mobile phone company (by revenue), Britain's Vodafone Group plc. . CSFB CSFB Credit Suisse First Boston CSFB Cyclically Shifted Filter Bank telecoms analyst Mark Berman said in December that, given the fact that the triumvirate Triumvirate (trīŭm`vĭrĭt, –vĭrāt'), in ancient Rome, ruling board or commission of three men. Triumvirates were common in the Roman republic. that runs Japan Telecom/J-Phone (Bill Morrow, John Durkin and Darryl Green) are all Americans and not apparently closely tied to Gent, "We see little near-term impact on the Japan operations from this leadership change at Vodafone." Berman also stated that Gent was a "big-picture type of leader, and thus the aggressive move into Japan was largely his doing." He concludes that so long as Japan Telecom/J-Phone continue to execute on the turnaround in profitability, he sees no reason that the new president would try to interfere with Japan operations. He adds, "Japan Telecom is now Vodafone's golden goose." |
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