Scott Petty

CTO, Vodafone Group

Speaker Bio

Scott Petty is the Chief Technology Officer and member of the Vodafone Executive Committee. He is accountable for driving innovation, embedding simplification, and the delivery of our Technology strategy, reflecting the growing importance of technology for Vodafone’s transformation and future success as a Technology Communications Company. 


Scott was the Chief Digital & IT Officer for Vodafone Technology taking over in 2021 as part of a newly integrated European Network and Digital & IT team that is driving the transformation to achieve Vodafone’s ambition to become a Technology Communications Company and create the spirit of OneTechTeam. 


In 2017 Scott became the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for Vodafone UK, where he was responsible for operational excellence, delivering enhanced business capability and driving innovation to support business growth.  He led key strategic initiatives such as the launch of 5G and the Shared Rural Network scheme. 


Scott joined Vodafone in 2009 as Business Products and Services Director and was appointed Group Technology Enterprise Products and Services Director in 2012. Here he led product development across connectivity, IoT and converged communications. During this time, Vodafone established itself as a leader in hosted converged communications and IoT.


In 2015, Scott was appointed Enterprise Technology Director and played an integral role in the success of Vodafone’s Enterprise business by managing all aspects of product development and Enterprise Customer solutions.