VimpelCom Appoints Andrew Davies As Finance Chief - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - VimpelCom Ltd. (VIP), a provider of telecommunications services, Wednesday announced the appointment of Andrew Davies as Group Chief Financial Officer and member of the Group Executive Board, succeeding Henk van Dalen.

Andrew Davies is currently employed by Vodafone Plc. (VOD, VOD.L), where he holds the position of Chief Financial Officer of Verizon Wireless. He will join VimpelCom when he has concluded his responsibilities at Vodafone, which will be no later than January 1, 2014.

In the interim period between Henk's contract end on August 31 and Davies joining VimpelCom, Henk has agreed to fulfill the Group CFO role on an interim basis to secure a seamless handover of responsibilities.

Andrew Davies previously held several senior financial roles within Vodafone Group prior to his appointment at Verizon Wireless. Prior to joining Vodafone in 2003, he was CFO of Singlepoint (4U), which was acquired by Vodafone in 2003, and held positions with Honeywell Inc. (HON) and the General Electric Co. (GE) after starting his career with KPMG in 1987.