Philippe Vogeleer 2022 speaker

Global Head of Business Development

Vodafone Group

Biography

Philippe Vogeleer leads a small, discreet, and highly skilled team acting as special envoy of Vodafone in the 125+ countries where the company delivers services; builds (public private) partnerships to deliver strategic projects; and manages partnerships between Vodafone and like-minded org. This notably involves negotiating with public authorities around the globe, and with intl. org. such as the EUC, EIB, and IFC.

Philippe Vogeleer joined VF to represent the Group in complex situations based on his many years of “boots on the ground” experience in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. After quite a lot of problem-solving across the footprint, he started integrating strategy, commercial, & public affairs work to support the business. This led to him being asked to take the lead of various programmes incl. the PPP he created to fund R&D centres in Europe; VF’s strategic alliance with Sumitomo; its partnership with the SWF of Oman; the consortium it formed to bid in Ethiopia.

Philippe Vogeleer holds a Master’s degree in Law and in Media & Comms; and an Executive MBA. He has lived in 10 countries, in low growth and high growth regions. He has worked in 74 countries. Separately from his exec duties, he sits as (non-exec) Director on the Board of 3 EU companies and a US not-for-profit; teaches the next generation MBA; and pursues his qualification as UK Chartered Director.