John Connors

Group Tax Director, Tax Strategy & Policy at VODAFONE

John is the global head of tax for Vodafone, responsible for their tax strategy, tax compliance and any tax issues across the Group. He instigated the publication of Vodafone’s annual ‘Total tax and economic contribution’ report, which now includes a copy of the company’s OECD standard country by country tax report. John joined Vodafone in 2007 and has been in his current role since 2012. He is a former tax inspector with HMRC and international tax policy advisor at HM Treasury and spent three years at the European Commission, where he primarily supported the work on the EU’s Code of Conduct for business taxation.