Mr Stephen Pentland

Head of Spectrum, Public Policy
Vodafone Group

Stephen is member of Vodafone’s Group Policy & Public Affairs team and has global responsibility for telecom network policy. This involves working with regional and national policymakers and regulators to create an environment that supports investment, innovation and sustainable competition across fixed and mobile networks. He manages the company’s spectrum licensing activities across Europe and Africa, including all licence valuation, acquisition and renewal activities.

Stephen studied Engineering at Cambridge and worked previously in the Japanese technology sector and internationally as a strategy consultant in the telecom and media sector.