Thomas Light

Principal Finance Manager

Vodafone Procurement Company, Luxembourg

Industry:
Telecommunications
Annual turnover:
£45.9bn (>€50bn)
Treasury staff:
Group and SSC treasury 20+, +1/OpCo
Treasury structure:
Centralised
TMS:
Yes
Cross-border pooling:
Yes
Cash rich or debt:
Cash rich

Speaker profile

Joining Vodafone in 2002, Thomas started in traditional treasury back office roles, before leading the treasury & cash stream on Vodafone's global business transformation programme ‘EVO’. In 2009 he joined the newly formed global procurement company as Principal Finance Manager, with responsibilities including leveraging treasury and cash opportunities.

Corporate profile

Vodafone is one of the world’s largest mobile communications companies by revenue, £45.9 billion in 10/11. It has an international customer base in both developed and emerging markets with over 370 million mobile customers in more than 30 countries. During the year we added over 40 million customers.