Analyst Attacks Vodafone’s ‘Depressingly Thin’ Talent Pool

Vodafone, the UK’s third-largest company, has a ‘worrying lack of commercial savvy’ and a “depressingly thin” talent pool.
In an unprecedented open letter to Vodafone’s chief executive and board of directors, Robin Bienenstock, a analyst at Bernstein Research, said Vodafone had the potential to become the “most compelling transformational story” in the telecoms industry, but warned that a litany of failings meant it may “fumble” the opportunity.