Vodafone Group revealed its influential corporate affairs chief Joakim Reiter (pictured) is to depart at the end of the year, bringing the curtain down on a nine-year spell with the operator.

Reiter was instrumental in Vodafone’s push for fairer laws and regulations for the telecoms sector.

CEO Margherita Della Valle acknowledged Reiter’s impact, saying he argued the case for Vodafone with authorities “across Europe and Africa”.

She credited Reiter for making a “tremendous contribution” to Vodafone.

The executive is set to build on his campaigning work by becoming secretary general of the European Roundtable for Industry, a group established in 1983 to promote cooperation between businesses, governments and regulators.

Companies involved in the roundtable account for a combined €3 trillion in revenue per annum and make annual investments of €120 billion.

Vodafone stated it would announce a successor to Reiter “in due course”.

The European Roundtable for Industry is yet to detail what current secretary general Anthony Gooch Galvez’ plans are.

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