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Vodafone Business
Customer Advisory Board.

Ignite potential. Ignite innovation. Shape tomorrow.

Customer Advisory Board 2025/2026.

An exclusive community of visionary business leaders and innovators where opportunities for collaboration
and partnership can be seized, projects and best practices can be shared to spark innovation.

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June session: Debriefing paper

A Community to Drive Innovation

In a world of constant change, we are not just adapting - we are leading. This forum is about harnessing the power of ideas,
experience and determination, and turning challenges into opportunities for growth.

Change

Welcome to the new and never normal. How do we transform mindsets, reimagine business models and change through innovation?

Explore

There’s no such thing as risk-free innovation. How can we discover and unlock new opportunities through new products and new markets?

Trust

We live in an era marked by information and disinformation. How can we strengthen our relationships with customers and partners to achieve their trust.

Customer Advisory Board Members

Grace Anderson
Global VP GenAI & Digital Adoption,
Sodexo

Anna Emese Fulop
VP Global Infrastructure Services,
Schneider Electric

Giovanni Lanfranchi
CEO,
ZEEKR Technology Europe

Alex Bedier
Global CIO,
Dentsu

Charlotte de Gastines
VP Strategy, Innovation & Planning,
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners

Ricardo Madeira
Global CIO,
SIBS

Sandipan Chakraborty
VP/ Sr. director, AI Platform and Services,
Maersk

Thierry Grima
Chief Data & Analytics Officer,
OPmobility

Gideon Kay
CTO North and Southern Europe,
Deloitte

Achraf Seddik
Chief Data Scientist,
Credit Agricole

Gess Wong
CTO,
Cosco (PCT)

Ralf Huebenthal
Global head of IT platforms,
Nestlé

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Venkatesh Chanemouganananda
Senior Director, IT Business Systems, EMEA,
Ralph Lauren

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Marco Balestra
VP Infrastructure & IT Service Management Express Europe,
DHL Express

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Marika Auramo
CEO,
Vodafone Business

Ignacio Garcia
CTO & Global Director AI,
Vodafone Business

Fánan Henriques
Chief Product & International Business Officer,
Vodafone Business

David Joosten
Director,
Vodafone Business International

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Alessandro Canzian
Head of Go-to-Market & International Enterprise Marketing,
Vodafone Business

Customer Advisory Board Next Session

We are excited to continue this journey together at the next event on 28th - 29th January 2026.

Location: London.

Innovation and growth on a resilient infrastructure

Enabling secure innovation through a foundation of interconnected technology components that are reliable, secure, transparent, resilient to failures and threats. Key aspects include ensuring data accuracy and availability, protecting against cyberattacks and unauthorized access, implementing open and verifiable standards, and incorporating mechanisms for continuous monitoring and self-healing.

Agenda

Wednesday, 28 Jan 2026

Evening

Thursday, 29 Jan 2026

Morning

Emma Smith - Global Cyber Security, Data & Analytics, IT Architecture & Tech Strategy Director, Vodafone
Focus: How we protect Vodafone networks, products, services and customers and leverage our scale and capability to enable trust in a challenging cyber threat landscape
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Jamie Woodruff - Ethical Hacker and Cyber Security Specialist
Focus: A cybersecurity expert’s perspective on real-world threats, human behaviour, and the critical factors leaders must consider reducing risk across global organisations
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Afternoon

Moderated by Alessandro Canzian, Head of Group Go to Market and International Enterprise Marketing, Vodafone Business
Table 1: Balancing innovation speed with security and compliance
Table 2: Where to invest: Tech vs People
Outcome: each group presents 3 key recommendations
Led by Fanan Henriques, Chief Product and International Business Officer, Vodafone Business
Focus: Network security as a strategic priority
Summary of insights from panel + breakouts