Sir Julian Horn-Smith is a British businessman who is a member of the boards of a number of international corporations. He was formally Deputy Chief Executive of Vodafone Group Plc

Vodafone

Vodafone Group Plc is a global telecommunications company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world's largest mobile telecommunications company measured by revenues and the world's second-largest measured by subscribers , with around 341 million proportionate subscribers as of...

 until July 2006.

Sir Julian joined Vodafone at its foundation in 1984 as a Marketing Executive in the UK and has held a number of senior posts including Group Chief Operating Officer. Considered the principal architect in the development of Vodafone’s Global Strategy, during his career with the company he was closely involved in many of Vodafone's major transactions, including the formation of Vodafone AirTouch

AirTouch

AirTouch Communications was a U.S.-based wireless telephone service provider, created as a spin-off on Pacific Telesis on April 1, 1994. Its headquarters were in One California in the Financial District, San Francisco, California...

 in 1999 as a result of the merger of the UK and U.S.

United States

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 businesses to create one of the top 25 companies in the world and the agreement to acquire Mannesmann

Mannesmann

Mannesmann AG was a German corporation with headquarters in Düsseldorf. The company was founded in 1890 originally to produce seamless steel tubes. It was traded on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The company had 130,860 employees worldwide and revenues of €23.27 billion.Over time, Mannesmann...

 in 2000, almost doubling the size of the Vodafone Group to make it the world's largest mobile

Mobile phone

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 telecommunications company. In 1996 he was appointed to the Vodafone Group Plc Board and in 2005 became Deputy Chief Executive, taking responsibility for global business development.

Early Life, Education and Honours

Sir Julian was Born in London and attended Kings Norton Grammar School in Birmingham.
He read Economics at University of London

University of London

-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...

 (graduating in 1970) and obtained an MSc in Business Administration from the University of Bath

University of Bath

The University of Bath is a campus university located in Bath, United Kingdom. It received its Royal Charter in 1966....

 in 1979.

In 2007 Sir Julian received an honorary doctorate (Doctor of Laws) from the University of Bath where he is now pro-vice chancellor and a member of the Council.

In 2004 he received a knighthood in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to international telecommunications.

Current Business Activities

In 2006 Sir Julian was appointed to the board of Digicel Group. Digicel operate wireless networks in the Caribbean, Pacific and Central American regions and are the leading operator in the Caribbean.

Sir Julian is the Co-Chairman of the Turkish British Business Council and a strong supporter of Turkish/British relations and a founder of the TATLIDIL conference that will take place annually between the UK and Turkey. In 2010, Sir Julian became a Pro Vice Chancellor of Bath University where he also chairs the School of Management’s Advisory Board.

Sir Julian is a member of the Board of Lloyds Banking Group where he chaired the Nomination Committee that selected Sir Win Bischoff, the current Chairman. Following the take-over of HBOS, Lloyds are today the UK’s largest retail bank. http://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/about_us/directors/non_executive_directors.asp

Sir Julian has been a Senior Advisor at UBS Investment Bank since 2007 specializing in the Telecom and Media Group, advising several major telecommunication companies. Since 2009, he has also been a Senior Advisor at CVC, the UK private equity group, based in London where he also specialises in Media and Telecoms.

He is a director of Martin Dawes Systems Ltd.

In 2009 he joined the board of e-Mobile in Japan who recently announced a merger with e-Access. In 2006 he became a member of Altimo's independent International Advisory board ('AIA'): an multi-national group of distinguished and independent individuals who meet bi-annually advising on Corporate Governance, Social Responsibility and International Policy. The AIA's membership is independent, non-executive and has no statutory role within the Altimo group.

In 2009, Sir Julian joined the Board of De La Rue plc. In 2010 Sir Julian was appointed Chairman of Vallar plc who recently announced a major transaction (in November 2010) with Bumi, a coal mining company in Indonesia.

In March 2011, Acer Group of Taiwan,one of the world's largest computer companies, nominated Sir Julian as an independent board director.

Sir Julian is a trustee of Hope for Tomorrow

Hope for Tomorrow

Hope for Tomorrow is a non-profit organization, which declares its aim to provide health care, human services and educational assistance to the underprivileged communities throughout the world...

a charity which provides mobile chemotherapy treatment.