Serpil Timuray, the World Executive Committee Member and CEO of Europe Cluster at Vodafone Group, has been ranked 12th on the global “HERoes: Top 100 Women Executives 2023” list, which showcases exemplary women leaders who are recognized for their efforts to increase female representation in the business world and promote diversity in the workplace.
The list includes women leaders who have not only achieved significant milestones in their careers but have also worked towards advancing gender equality in the workplace and supporting the career advancement of women employees.
Serpil Timuray has been the CEO of Europe Cluster at Vodafone Group since October 2018 and a member of the Group Executive Committee since January 2014. She also oversees Vodafone’s interest in joint ventures in the Netherlands, Australia, and India and is responsible for Vodafone’s Partner Markets in 48 countries.
Since 2013, Timuray has chaired Vodafone’s global “Inclusion for All Committee”, which leads a pioneering agenda to improve diversity and inclusion. She has championed the development and launch of specific apps and services to support women – such as the domestic violence app, and drove a target of connecting an additional 20 million women in Africa.
In March 2020, Timuray launched Vodafone’s Change The Face initiative, which created the “ChangeThe Face Alliance”, bringing leading global tech companies and organizations together to collaborate on accelerating diversity and equality. In February 2022, Serpil received the “Diversity in Tech Outstanding Achievement Award” at the Mobile World Congress.
