• by Ray Schultz , December 20, 2022

Andrea Salvato, chief development officer, is being mentioned a possible replacement for Nick Read as CEO of Vodafone Group. 

Salvato was cited as a contender by The Mail On Sunday, a UK newspaper. Salvato is in charge of M&A at Liberty Global, which was “

Salvato leads M&A and other business development activities at Liberty Global, a company “involved in a massive transaction with Vodafone for various European assets which completed in 2019,” Mobile World Live writes. 

Other contenders include “Olaf Swantee and Stephen Carter, CEO of events company Informa and current non-executive director at the operator group,” Mobile World Live continues.

Read is sleaving the Vodafone at the end of the month. CFO Margherita Della Valle will lead the organization on an interim basis.