Sir Christopher Gent

Biography

Sir Christopher is the former Chief Executive of Vodafone and the former Chairman of GlaxoSmithKline. He was appointed Managing Director of Vodafone in 1985, becoming its Chief Executive in 1997. Prior to joining Vodafone, Sir Christopher was Director of Network Services at ICL. In this role, he was Managing Director of Baric, a computer services company owned jointly by Barclays and ICL. He is currently a Member of the international Advisory Board of Haklyut

Research Interest

Sir Christopher was the Chairman of GlaxoSmithKline until his retirement in March 2015. He was previously Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Mannesmann AG, a Non-Executive Director of China Mobile (Hong Kong) Limited, a Non-Executive Director of Lehman Brothers, a Member of the Board of Verizon Wireless, a Member of the Board of Ferrari and a Senior Adviser at Bain & Company.