Mr. Nick Read will step down from the Board of Vodacom Group Limited with effect 5 February 2014. This follows his recent appointment as Chief Financial Officer designate of the company on 1 January 2014. The company also announced that Ms. Serpil Timuray who was appointed to the Board in September 2012 will succeed Nick on 5 February 2014 as a member of company's Nomination and Remuneration Committees.